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prevaliti

превалити

preváliti · /preʋǎːliti/ · perfective · impf.: prevaljivati

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VERB
  1. (of distance) to cover; to travel
    Za jedan dan smo prevalili skoro petsto kilometara. — In one day we covered almost five hundred kilometres.
    Prevalio je dug put da bi nas video. — He travelled a long way to see us.
  2. (onto someone) to shift; to pass off
    Šef je svu krivicu prevalio na nas. — The boss shifted all the blame onto us.
    Ne možeš sav posao da prevališ na koleginicu. — You can't dump all the work on your colleague.
  3. colloq. (of age) to pass; to turn
    Moj otac je odavno prevalio šezdesetu. — My father passed sixty a long time ago.
  4. to overturn; to tip over
    Jedva smo prevalili taj teški kamen. — We barely managed to tip over that heavy stone.

In the sense 'shift blame' it takes na + accusative: prevaliti krivicu na nekoga.

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Expressions
  • prevaliti preko usana — to bring oneself to say
    Nije mogao da prevali preko usana da mu je žao. — He couldn't bring himself to say he was sorry.
Conjugation, perfective
Present tense
japrevalim
tiprevališ
on/ona/onoprevali
miprevalimo
viprevalite
oni/one/onaprevale
Past tense: prevalio, prevalila, prevalilo · prevalili, prevalile
Future: prevaliću, prevalićeš, prevaliće, prevalićemo, prevalićete, prevaliće
Imperative: prevali
AI Updated 6 October 2026