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sređivati

сређивати

sređívati · /sred͡ʑǐːʋati/ · imperfective · pf.: srediti

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VERB
  1. (of a room, things) to tidy up; to put in order
    Subotom uvek sređujem stan. — I always tidy up the flat on Saturdays.
    Upravo sređujem stare fotografije. — I'm just sorting out my old photos.
  2. (of matters, papers) to arrange; to settle; to sort out
    Još sređujem papire za vizu. — I'm still sorting out the papers for my visa.
  3. (sređivati se) to dress up; to get dolled up
    Ona se sređuje satima pre svakog izlaska. — She spends hours getting ready before every night out.
  4. (sređivati se) to get one's act together; to settle down
    Posle razvoda polako se sređuje. — After the divorce he's slowly getting his life back together.
    Stvari se polako sređuju. — Things are slowly settling down.
  5. colloq. (of an opponent, enemy) to beat; to thrash; to deal with
    Naši ih sređuju u svakom meču. — Our team thrashes them every match.

Imperfective; the perfective is srediti. Sređivati is used when the action is ongoing or repeated, srediti when it is viewed as a completed whole.

Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
jasređujem
tisređuješ
on/ona/onosređuje
misređujemo
visređujete
oni/one/onasređuju
Past tense: sređivao, sređivala, sređivalo · sređivali, sređivale
Future: sređivaću, sređivaćeš, sređivaće, sređivaćemo, sređivaćete, sređivaće
Imperative: sređuj
AI Updated 23 October 2026