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pljuvati

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pljȕvati · /pʎûʋati/ · imperfective

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VERB
  1. to spit
    Nemoj da pljuješ po ulici! — Don't spit in the street!
    Deca su pljuvala koštice od trešanja. — The kids were spitting out cherry pits.
  2. colloq. (+ po + loc.) to trash; to badmouth
    Stalno pljuje po svom bivšem šefu. — He's always trashing his former boss.
    Na mrežama svi pljuju po novom filmu. — Everyone online is trashing the new film.

The perfective is pljunuti; in the sense 'to badmouth' it usually takes po + locative.

Expressions
  • pljuvati u tanjir iz kog jedeš — to bite the hand that feeds you
    Ne pljuj u tanjir iz kog jedeš, firma ti je sve dala. — Don't bite the hand that feeds you — the company gave you everything.
Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
japljujem
tipljuješ
on/ona/onopljuje
mipljujemo
vipljujete
oni/one/onapljuju
Past tense: pljuvao, pljuvala, pljuvalo · pljuvali, pljuvale
Future: pljuvaću, pljuvaćeš, pljuvaće, pljuvaćemo, pljuvaćete, pljuvaće
Imperative: pljuj
AI Updated 29 October 2026