mučiti

мучити

/mût͡ʃiti/ · imperfective

VERB

to worry; to trouble; to bother

Šta te muči? Deluješ zabrinuto. — What's bothering you? You look worried.

Već danima me muči glavobolja. — A headache has been bothering me for days.
(mučiti se) to struggle; to toil; to have a hard time

Mučim se sa ovim zadatkom ceo dan. — I've been struggling with this task all day.

Nemoj da se mučiš, pomoći ću ti. — Don't struggle, I'll help you.
to torture; to torment

Nemoj da mučiš mačku! — Don't torment the cat!

Zatvorenike su mučili danima. — The prisoners were tortured for days.
to pester; to harass

Prestani da me mučiš istim pitanjima. — Stop pestering me with the same questions.

In the sense "to bother", the cause is the subject: muči me savest; "to struggle with" is mučiti se sa + instrumental.

Synonyms:

gnjaviti maltretirati zlostavljati patiti

Forms

Past (masc.): mučio

Imperative: muči

Antonyms: tešiti

Expressions