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skretati

скретати

skrétati · /skrěːtati/ · imperfective · pf.: skrenuti

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VERB
  1. to turn
    Kod 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.
  2. (with s + gen.) to deviate; to digress; to stray
    Stalno 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.
  3. (skretati pažnju) to draw attention; to divert attention
    Stručnjaci 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.
  4. (transitive) to redirect; to divert
    Skretala 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.

Synonyms:
Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
jaskrećem
tiskrećeš
on/ona/onoskreće
miskrećemo
viskrećete
oni/one/onaskreću
Past tense: skretao, skretala, skretalo · skretali, skretale
Future: skretaću, skretaćeš, skretaće, skretaćemo, skretaćete, skretaće
Imperative: skreći
AI Updated 23 October 2026