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puzati

пузати

pȕzati · /pûzati/ · imperfective

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VERB
  1. (of a baby, person) to crawl
    Naš sin je počeo da puzi sa osam meseci. — Our son started crawling at eight months.
    Vojnici su puzali kroz blato. — The soldiers were crawling through the mud.
  2. (of a snake, insect, plant) to creep; to crawl
    Zmija je polako puzala kroz travu. — The snake was slowly creeping through the grass.
  3. derog. (before someone) to grovel; to cringe
    Ceo život je puzao pred šefovima. — All his life he grovelled before his bosses.

In the sense 'grovel' it usually takes pred + instrumental: puzati pred nekim.

Synonyms:
Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
japužem
tipužeš
on/ona/onopuže
mipužemo
vipužete
oni/one/onapužu
Past tense: puzao, puzala, puzalo · puzali, puzale
Future: puzaću, puzaćeš, puzaće, puzaćemo, puzaćete, puzaće
Imperative: puži
AI Updated 29 October 2026