milo

мило

mȉlo · /mîlo/

ADVERB

(with dative + biti) glad; pleased

Milo mi je što si došao. — I'm glad you came.

Baki je bilo milo kad je čula unuke. — Grandma was pleased when she heard her grandchildren.
sweetly; kindly; tenderly

Devojčica se milo nasmešila komšiji. — The little girl smiled sweetly at the neighbor.

"Milo mi je" is close in meaning to the more frequent "drago mi je".

Synonyms:

drago prijatno nežno ljubazno

Antonyms:

žao krivo

Expressions

vratiti milo za drago — to get back at someone; to give someone a taste of their own medicine

Ignorisao me je, pa sam mu vratila milo za drago. — He ignored me, so I gave him a taste of his own medicine.

Comparison: milije · najmilije

AI Updated 23 October 2026