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zagorčati

загорчати

zagòrčati · /zaɡǒrt͡ʃati/ · perfective · impf.: zagorčavati

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VERB
  1. (usually + život, dan) to embitter; to make miserable
    Komšija nam je zagorčao život svojom bukom. — Our neighbour made our life miserable with his noise.
    Ta vest mi je zagorčala ceo dan. — That news ruined my whole day.
  2. (of food) to turn bitter
    Orasi su zagorčali jer su predugo stajali. — The walnuts turned bitter because they were stored too long.

Most often used in zagorčati nekome život, with the person in the dative.

Expressions
  • zagorčati nekome život — to make someone's life a misery
    Bolest mu je zagorčala poslednje godine života. — Illness made the last years of his life a misery.
Conjugation, perfective
Present tense
jazagorčim
tizagorčiš
on/ona/onozagorči
mizagorčimo
vizagorčite
oni/one/onazagorče
Past tense: zagorčao, zagorčala, zagorčalo · zagorčali, zagorčale
Future: zagorčaću, zagorčaćeš, zagorčaće, zagorčaćemo, zagorčaćete, zagorčaće
Imperative: zagorči
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