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otrovati

отровати

otròvati · /otrǒʋati/ · perfective

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VERB
  1. to poison
    Neko je otrovao komšijinog psa. — Someone poisoned the neighbour's dog.
  2. (otrovati se) to get food poisoning; to be poisoned
    Otrovao sam se ribom na moru. — I got food poisoning from fish at the seaside.
  3. (of relations, mood) to poison; to spoil
    Ta svađa nam je otrovala celo leto. — That fight spoiled our whole summer.
  4. (of water, soil, food) to poison; to contaminate with poison
    Otpad iz fabrike je otrovao vodu u reci. — Waste from the factory poisoned the water in the river.

The cause of poisoning goes in the instrumental: "otrovati se gljivama" (to be poisoned by mushrooms).

Synonyms:
Conjugation, perfective
Present tense
jaotrujem
tiotruješ
on/ona/onootruje
miotrujemo
viotrujete
oni/one/onaotruju
Past tense: otrovao, otrovala, otrovalo · otrovali, otrovale
Future: otrovaću, otrovaćeš, otrovaće, otrovaćemo, otrovaćete, otrovaće
Imperative: otruj
AI Updated 23 October 2026