sliniti
слинитиslȉniti · imperfective
VERB
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to drool; to slobberBeba stalno slini jer joj izlaze zubi. — The baby keeps drooling because she's teething.
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colloq. (za/nad + noun) to drool overSvi momci sline za njom. — All the guys are drooling over her.Slinio je nad novim telefonom u izlogu. — He was drooling over the new phone in the shop window.
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(of the nose, a cold) to have a runny noseDete je prehlađeno i stalno slini. — The child has a cold and his nose keeps running.
Figuratively it takes za or nad + instrumental (za njom); the colloquial sliniti se means "to make out sloppily".
Synonyms:
Conjugation, imperfective
| Present tense | |
|---|---|
| ja | slinim |
| ti | sliniš |
| on/ona/ono | slini |
| mi | slinimo |
| vi | slinite |
| oni/one/ona | sline |
Past tense: slinio, slinila, slinilo · slinili, slinile
Future: sliniću, slinićeš, sliniće, slinićemo, slinićete, sliniće
Imperative: slini
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Updated 29 October 2026