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promaknuti

промакнути

promàknuti · /promǎknuti/ · perfective · impf.: promicati

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VERB
  1. (+ dat.) to escape someone's notice; to be missed
    Ta greška mi je nekako promaknula. — That mistake somehow slipped past me.
    Ništa joj ne promakne. — Nothing gets past her.
  2. to slip by; to flash past
    Lopov je promaknuo pored čuvara i nestao. — The thief slipped past the guard and vanished.

In Serbia promaći is more common; the sense 'to promote' is Croatian — Serbian uses unaprediti.

Synonyms:
izmaći
Conjugation, perfective
Present tense
japromaknem
tipromakneš
on/ona/onopromakne
mipromaknemo
vipromaknete
oni/one/onapromaknu
Past tense: promaknuo, promaknula, promaknulo · promaknuli, promaknule
Imperative: promakni
AI Updated 29 September 2026