skretati
скретатиskrétati · /skrěːtati/ · imperfective · pf.: skrenuti
VERB
-
to turnKod pošte uvek skrećem desno. — I always turn right at the post office.Ovde se ne sme skretati levo. — You're not allowed to turn left here.
-
(with s + gen.) to deviate; to digress; to strayStalno skrećeš s teme, vrati se na pitanje. — You keep getting off the topic, get back to the question.Roditelji su se plašili da sin skreće s pravog puta. — His parents feared their son was going astray.
-
(skretati pažnju) to draw attention; to divert attentionStručnjaci već godinama skreću pažnju na taj problem. — Experts have been drawing attention to this problem for years.Tim skandalom samo skreću pažnju sa pravih tema. — They're just using that scandal to divert attention from the real issues.
-
(transitive) to redirect; to divertSkretala je pogled sa ekrana. — She kept looking away from the screen.Radovi skreću saobraćaj na sporedne ulice. — The roadworks are diverting traffic onto side streets.
"Skretati pažnju na" + acc. means to draw attention to something; "skretati pažnju sa" + gen. means to divert it from something.
Conjugation, imperfective
| Present tense | |
|---|---|
| ja | skrećem |
| ti | skrećeš |
| on/ona/ono | skreće |
| mi | skrećemo |
| vi | skrećete |
| oni/one/ona | skreću |
Past tense: skretao, skretala, skretalo · skretali, skretale
Future: skretaću, skretaćeš, skretaće, skretaćemo, skretaćete, skretaće
Imperative: skreći
AI
Updated 23 October 2026