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proterivati

протеривати

proterívati · /proterǐːʋati/ · imperfective · pf.: proterati

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VERB
  1. to expel; to banish; to deport
    Vlast je godinama proterivala strane novinare. — The authorities kept expelling foreign journalists for years.
    Zemlje su međusobno proterivale diplomate. — The countries were expelling each other's diplomats.
  2. (of livestock) to drive
    Čobani su proterivali ovce preko planine. — The shepherds were driving the sheep over the mountain.
  3. (+ kroz) to push through; to run through
    Majstor je proterivao vodu kroz cevi da ih očisti. — The plumber was running water through the pipes to clean them.

The perfective is proterati.

Synonyms:
isterivati izgoniti
Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
japroterujem
tiproteruješ
on/ona/onoproteruje
miproterujemo
viproterujete
oni/one/onaproteruju
Past tense: proterivao, proterivala, proterivalo · proterivali, proterivale
Future: proterivaću, proterivaćeš, proterivaće, proterivaćemo, proterivaćete, proterivaće
Imperative: proteruj
AI Updated 6 October 2026