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zaceliti

зацелити

zacéliti · /zat͡sěːliti/ · perfective

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VERB
  1. (of a wound) to heal
    Rana mu je brzo zacelila posle operacije. — His wound healed quickly after the operation.
    Posekotina će zaceliti za nedelju dana. — The cut will heal in a week.
  2. (of emotional pain) to heal
    Neke rane iz detinjstva nikad ne zacele. — Some childhood wounds never heal.
  3. (transitive: a wound, pain) to heal
    Vreme će zaceliti sve rane. — Time will heal all wounds.

Usually intransitive, with the wound as subject: rana je zacelila; but transitive use is also normal: vreme zaceljuje rane, lek zaceljuje rane. The imperfective is zaceljivati.

Conjugation, perfective
Present tense
jazacelim
tizaceliš
on/ona/onozaceli
mizacelimo
vizacelite
oni/one/onazacele
Past tense: zacelio, zacelila, zacelilo · zacelili, zacelile
Future: zaceliću, zacelićeš, zaceliće, zacelićemo, zacelićete, zaceliće
Imperative: zaceli
AI Updated 6 October 2026