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sipati

сипати

sȉpati · /sîpati/ · imperfective

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VERB
  1. (of a liquid) to pour
    Sipaj mi malo vode, molim te. — Pour me some water, please.
    Uvek sipa previše mleka u kafu. — He always pours too much milk into his coffee.
  2. (of dry substances) to pour; to sprinkle
    Ne sipaj toliko soli u supu! — Don't put so much salt in the soup!
    Deca sipaju pesak u kofice. — The kids are pouring sand into their buckets.
  3. colloq. (of words, jokes) to reel off; to pour out
    Celo veče je sipao viceve. — He was cracking jokes all evening.

Sipati is commonly used for a single completed action too (Sipaj mi vode). The perfective is nasuti; colloquial sipnuti usually means to pour just a little.

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Expressions
  • sipati so na ranu — to rub salt in the wound
    Nemoj da mi sipaš so na ranu. — Don't rub salt in the wound.
Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
jasipam
tisipaš
on/ona/onosipa
misipamo
visipate
oni/one/onasipaju
Past tense: sipao, sipala, sipalo · sipali, sipale
Future: sipaću, sipaćeš, sipaće, sipaćemo, sipaćete, sipaće
Imperative: sipaj
AI Updated 28 September 2026