VOCAB.RS

upotrebiti

употребити

/upotrěːbiti/ · perfective

Ru
VERB
  1. to use; to utilize; to apply
    Upotrebio sam stari telefon kao budilnik. — I used my old phone as an alarm clock.
    Tu reč nisi dobro upotrebio. — You didn't use that word correctly.

The imperfective is upotrebljavati; in everyday speech iskoristiti or koristiti are more common.

Synonyms:
iskoristiti primeniti
Forms
Present tense
jaupotrebim
tiupotrebiš
on/ona/onoupotrebi
miupotrebimo
viupotrebite
oni/one/onaupotrebe
Past (masc.): upotrebio
Imperative: upotrebi
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