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prespavati

преспавати

prespávati · /prespǎːʋati/ · perfective

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VERB
  1. to stay the night; to sleep over
    Ako je kasno, možeš da prespavaš kod nas. — If it gets late, you can stay the night at our place.
    Prespavali smo u jednom motelu pored puta. — We spent the night at a roadside motel.
  2. (+ acc.) to oversleep and miss; to sleep through
    Prespavao sam prvi čas i dobio neopravdan. — I slept through first period and got an unexcused absence.
    Prespavala je ceo film. — She slept through the whole film.
  3. (of a decision, problem) to sleep on it
    Prespavaj to, pa mi sutra javi. — Sleep on it and let me know tomorrow.
  4. (of a period of time) to spend a period asleep; to sleep away
    Prespavao je celo popodne. — He slept the whole afternoon away.

Unlike Russian "переспать", it has no sexual meaning; that is expressed by "spavati s kim".

Synonyms:
Conjugation, perfective
Present tense
japrespavam
tiprespavaš
on/ona/onoprespava
miprespavamo
viprespavate
oni/one/onaprespavaju
Past tense: prespavao, prespavala, prespavalo · prespavali, prespavale
Future: prespavaću, prespavaćeš, prespavaće, prespavaćemo, prespavaćete, prespavaće
Imperative: prespavaj
AI Updated 29 September 2026