ostati

остати

/ǒstati/ · perfective

VERB

to stay; to remain

Ostani još malo, rano je. — Stay a bit longer, it's early.

Ostao sam kod kuće zbog kiše. — I stayed home because of the rain.
to be left; to remain

Ostalo je malo hleba od juče. — There's a bit of bread left from yesterday.
(of a state) to remain; to stay

Ostao je miran do kraja. — He stayed calm to the end.

Ostali smo prijatelji posle raskida. — We stayed friends after the breakup.
(ostati bez + gen.) to lose; to run out of

Ostao sam bez posla. — I lost my job.

Telefon je ostao bez baterije. — The phone ran out of battery.

The imperfective partner is ostajati; ostati bez + genitive means "to lose, run out of".

Synonyms:

preostati boraviti

Forms

Past (masc.): ostao

Imperative: ostani

Antonyms: otići, napustiti

Expressions