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pritvoriti

притворити

pritvòriti · /pritʋǒriti/ · perfective

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VERB
  1. (of police, a court) to detain; to take into custody
    Policija je pritvorila osumnjičenog na 48 sati. — The police detained the suspect for 48 hours.
    Sud je odlučio da ga pritvori do suđenja. — The court decided to hold him in custody until trial.
  2. (of a door, window) to close partly; to push to
    Pritvori vrata, promaja je. — Push the door to, there's a draught.
    Pritvorila je prozor i legla da spava. — She half-closed the window and went to bed.

The imperfective is pritvarati; the noun pritvor means "pre-trial detention".

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Conjugation, perfective
Present tense
japritvorim
tipritvoriš
on/ona/onopritvori
mipritvorimo
vipritvorite
oni/one/onapritvore
Past tense: pritvorio, pritvorila, pritvorilo · pritvorili, pritvorile
Future: pritvoriću, pritvorićeš, pritvoriće, pritvorićemo, pritvorićete, pritvoriće
Imperative: pritvori
AI Updated 6 October 2026