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pecati

пецати

pȅcati · /pêt͡sati/ · imperfective

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VERB
  1. to fish; to angle
    Deda svake subote peca na Dunavu. — Grandpa goes fishing on the Danube every Saturday.
    Ovde najčešće pecamo šarane i somove. — We mostly fish for carp and catfish here.
  2. colloq. (of flirting, dating) to try to pick up; to hit on
    Peca devojke po klubovima. — He tries to pick up girls in clubs.

The perfective upecati means "to catch (a fish)" and colloquially "to hook, land someone".

Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
japecam
tipecaš
on/ona/onopeca
mipecamo
vipecate
oni/one/onapecaju
Past tense: pecao, pecala, pecalo · pecali, pecale
Future: pecaću, pecaćeš, pecaće, pecaćemo, pecaćete, pecaće
Imperative: pecaj
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