pozajmiti
позајмитиpozájmiti · /pozǎːjmiti/ · perfective
VERB
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(to someone, + acc.) to lendMožeš li da mi pozajmiš hiljadu dinara do petka? — Can you lend me a thousand dinars until Friday?Pozajmila sam komšinici usisivač. — I lent my neighbour the vacuum cleaner.
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(from someone, od + gen.) to borrowPozajmio sam auto od brata za vikend. — I borrowed my brother's car for the weekend.Morali smo da pozajmimo novac od banke. — We had to borrow money from the bank.
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(of words, ideas) to borrow; to adoptSrpski je mnogo reči pozajmio iz turskog. — Serbian borrowed many words from Turkish.
The construction shows the direction: pozajmiti kome nešto = to lend to someone, pozajmiti nešto od koga = to borrow from someone.
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Updated 29 September 2026