skrenuti

скренути

/skrěːnuti/ · perfective · impf.: skretati

VERB

(of movement) to turn

Skreni levo kod semafora. — Turn left at the traffic lights.

Autobus je skrenuo u sporednu ulicu. — The bus turned into a side street.
(+ s + gen.) to digress; to stray

Opet smo skrenuli s teme. — We've drifted off topic again.

Posle razvoda je skrenuo s pravog puta. — After the divorce he went off the rails.
(skrenuti pažnju) to draw; to divert

Skrenuo mi je pažnju na grešku u ugovoru. — He drew my attention to a mistake in the contract.

Brzo je skrenula razgovor na drugu temu. — She quickly steered the conversation to another topic.

skrenuti pažnju nekome na nešto means 'to draw someone's attention to something' (dative + na + accusative).

Synonyms:

okrenuti odstupiti

Forms

Past (masc.): skrenuo

Imperative: skreni

Expressions