nazivati

називати

/nazǐːʋati/ · imperfective · pf.: nazvati

VERB

(someone something) to call; to name

Svi ga u kraju nazivaju profesorom. — Everyone in the neighborhood calls him the professor.

Kako nazivate ovo jelo kod vas? — What do you call this dish where you're from?
(nazivati se) to be called

Ova biljka se naziva bosiljak. — This plant is called basil.

Construction: nazivati nekoga + instrumental (nazivati ga lopovom); for phoning, Serbian uses zvati.

Synonyms:

zvati imenovati nazvati

Forms

Past (masc.): nazivao

Imperative: nazivaj