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saplesti

саплести

sàplesti · /sǎplesti/ · perfective · impf.: sapletati, saplitati

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VERB
  1. (saplesti se) to trip; to stumble
    Sapleo sam se o kabl i pao. — I tripped over a cable and fell.
    Saplela se na stepenicama i uganula nogu. — She tripped on the stairs and sprained her ankle.
  2. (+ acc.) to trip someone
    Namerno me je sapleo na času fizičkog. — He tripped me on purpose in PE class.
  3. (saplesti se, figurative) to stumble; to falter
    Sapleo se već na prvom pitanju. — He stumbled on the very first question.
    Glumica se saplela u tekstu, ali je brzo nastavila. — The actress stumbled over her lines but quickly carried on.

The thing one trips over usually takes o + accusative: saplesti se o kamen.

Conjugation, perfective
Present tense
jasapletem
tisapleteš
on/ona/onosaplete
misapletemo
visapletete
oni/one/onasapletu
Past tense: sapleo, saplela, saplelo · sapleli, saplele
Future: saplešću, saplešćeš, saplešće, saplešćemo, saplešćete, saplešće
Imperative: sapleti
AI Updated 29 October 2026