prevaliti
превалитиpreváliti · /preʋǎːliti/ · perfective · impf.: prevaljivati
VERB
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(of distance) to cover; to travelZa 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.
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(onto someone) to shift; to pass offŠef 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.
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colloq. (of age) to pass; to turnMoj otac je odavno prevalio šezdesetu. — My father passed sixty a long time ago.
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to overturn; to tip overJedva 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.
Expressions
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prevaliti preko usana — to bring oneself to sayNije mogao da prevali preko usana da mu je žao. — He couldn't bring himself to say he was sorry.
Conjugation, perfective
| Present tense | |
|---|---|
| ja | prevalim |
| ti | prevališ |
| on/ona/ono | prevali |
| mi | prevalimo |
| vi | prevalite |
| oni/one/ona | prevale |
Past tense: prevalio, prevalila, prevalilo · prevalili, prevalile
Future: prevaliću, prevalićeš, prevaliće, prevalićemo, prevalićete, prevaliće
Imperative: prevali
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Updated 6 October 2026