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posuđivati

посуђивати

posuđívati · /posud͡ʑǐːʋati/ · imperfective · pf.: posuditi

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VERB
  1. (to someone) to lend
    Ne volim da posuđujem knjige, nikad mi ih ne vrate. — I don't like lending books, people never give them back.
  2. (od + gen.) to borrow
    Stalno posuđuje novac od roditelja. — He keeps borrowing money from his parents.
    Srpski je vekovima posuđivao reči iz turskog. — Serbian borrowed words from Turkish for centuries.

In Serbia pozajmljivati is more common; 'borrow' is usually marked by od + gen.

Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
japosuđujem
tiposuđuješ
on/ona/onoposuđuje
miposuđujemo
viposuđujete
oni/one/onaposuđuju
Past tense: posuđivao, posuđivala, posuđivalo · posuđivali, posuđivale
Future: posuđivaću, posuđivaćeš, posuđivaće, posuđivaćemo, posuđivaćete, posuđivaće
Imperative: posuđuj
AI Updated 6 October 2026