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oticati

отицати

òticati · /ǒtit͡sati/ · imperfective

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VERB
  1. (of a body part) to swell
    Noge mi otiču kad dugo stojim. — My legs swell when I stand for a long time.
    Posle uboda pčele ruka mu je sve više oticala. — After the bee sting his arm kept swelling more and more.
  2. (of water, liquid) to drain; to flow off
    Voda ne otiče jer je slivnik zapušen. — The water isn't draining because the drain is clogged.

It is the imperfective of two different verbs oteći: 'to swell' and 'to flow off'.

Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
jaotičem
tiotičeš
on/ona/onootiče
miotičemo
viotičete
oni/one/onaotiču
Past tense: oticao, oticala, oticalo · oticali, oticale
Future: oticaću, oticaćeš, oticaće, oticaćemo, oticaćete, oticaće
Imperative: otiči
AI Updated 29 September 2026