tresti
трести/trěːsti/ · imperfective
RuVERB
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to shakeMama trese tepih na terasi. — Mom is shaking out the rug on the balcony.Deca tresu drvo da padnu jabuke. — The kids are shaking the tree so the apples fall.
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(tresti se) to tremble; to shakeTresla sam se od hladnoće na stanici. — I was shaking with cold at the bus stop.Noćas se zemlja tresla u Kraljevu. — Last night the ground shook in Kraljevo.
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colloq. (tresti gluposti) to talk nonsenseNe tresi gluposti, to nije istina! — Stop talking nonsense, that's not true!
In the sense 'to tremble' it takes se: tresti se od straha (+ gen.).
Synonyms:
drmati
drhtati
Forms
| Present tense | |
|---|---|
| ja | tresem |
| ti | treseš |
| on/ona/ono | trese |
| mi | tresemo |
| vi | tresete |
| oni/one/ona | tresu |
Past (masc.): tresao
Imperative: tresi
Expressions
- tresti se kao prut — to shake like a leaf
- tresla se gora, rodio se miš — the mountain labored and brought forth a mouse