probiti

пробити

/prǒbiti/ · perfective · impf.: probijati

VERB

(+ acc.) to break through; to pierce; to breach

Radnici su probili zid da naprave vrata. — The workers broke through the wall to make a door.

Ekser je probio đon cipele. — The nail pierced the sole of the shoe.
(with se, through something) to get through; to push one's way through

Jedva smo se probili kroz gužvu na trgu. — We barely pushed our way through the crowd on the square.

Sunce je konačno probilo kroz oblake. — The sun finally broke through the clouds.
(with se, of a career) to make it; to break through

Teško je probiti se kao glumac u Beogradu. — It's hard to make it as an actor in Belgrade.
colloq. (of a deadline, budget) to exceed; to overrun

Opet smo probili rok za projekat. — We missed the project deadline again.

The imperfective is probijati; for a flat tyre probušiti gumu is more usual.

Synonyms:

probušiti prodreti uspeti

Forms

Past (masc.): probio

Imperative: probij

Expressions