terati
терати/têrati/ · imperfective · pf.: naterati, oterati
RuVERB
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(+ acc. + da) to force; to makeMama me stalno tera da jedem povrće. — Mom keeps making me eat vegetables.Niko te ne tera da ostaneš. — Nobody's forcing you to stay.
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to drive away; to chaseCeo dan teram muve iz kuhinje. — I've been chasing flies out of the kitchen all day.Pas tera mačke iz dvorišta. — The dog chases the cats out of the yard.
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colloq. (of a vehicle) to driveTera auto dvesta na sat po autoputu. — He drives two hundred an hour on the highway.
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colloq. to keep going; to carry onSamo teraj, dobro ti ide! — Just keep going, you're doing great!Rekao sam mu, ali on tera svoje. — I told him, but he keeps doing his own thing.
In the sense "to make" it takes "da + present": "tera me da učim".
Synonyms:
primoravati
goniti
Forms
| Present tense | |
|---|---|
| ja | teram |
| ti | teraš |
| on/ona/ono | tera |
| mi | teramo |
| vi | terate |
| oni/one/ona | teraju |
Past (masc.): terao
Imperative: teraj
Antonyms:
dozvoljavati
Expressions
- terati mak na konac — to split hairs
- terati inat — to be spiteful; to do something out of spite