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puziti

пузити

púziti · /pǔːziti/ · imperfective

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VERB
  1. to crawl; to creep
    Beba je počela da puzi. — The baby has started crawling.
    Zmija je puzila kroz travu. — A snake was crawling through the grass.
  2. (of traffic) to crawl
    Kolone vozila puze kroz centar grada. — Lines of cars are crawling through the city centre.
  3. derog. (pred + instr.) to grovel; to crawl
    Ne želim da puzim pred šefom. — I don't want to grovel to my boss.
    On puzi pred svakim ko ima vlast. — He grovels before anyone with power.

In the sense "to grovel" it is usually used with "pred" + instrumental.

Synonyms:
Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
japuzim
tipuziš
on/ona/onopuzi
mipuzimo
vipuzite
oni/one/onapuze
Past tense: puzio, puzila, puzilo · puzili, puzile
Future: puziću, puzićeš, puziće, puzićemo, puzićete, puziće
Imperative: puzi
AI Updated 29 September 2026