prespavati
преспаватиprespávati · /prespǎːʋati/ · perfective
VERB
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to stay the night; to sleep overAko 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.
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(+ acc.) to oversleep and miss; to sleep throughPrespavao 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.
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(of a decision, problem) to sleep on itPrespavaj to, pa mi sutra javi. — Sleep on it and let me know tomorrow.
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(of a period of time) to spend a period asleep; to sleep awayPrespavao 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 | |
|---|---|
| ja | prespavam |
| ti | prespavaš |
| on/ona/ono | prespava |
| mi | prespavamo |
| vi | prespavate |
| oni/one/ona | prespavaju |
Past tense: prespavao, prespavala, prespavalo · prespavali, prespavale
Future: prespavaću, prespavaćeš, prespavaće, prespavaćemo, prespavaćete, prespavaće
Imperative: prespavaj
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Updated 29 September 2026