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zastati

застати

zàstati · /zǎstati/ · perfective

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VERB
  1. (in movement, speech, work) to pause; to stop for a moment
    Zastao je na vratima i osvrnuo se. — He paused in the doorway and looked back.
    Zastala je usred rečenice. — She stopped in the middle of a sentence.
  2. (of an object) to get stuck
    Kost mu je zastala u grlu. — A bone got stuck in his throat.

The imperfective is zastajati.

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Expressions
  • zastao mi je dah — it took my breath away
    Kad sam video kakav se pogled pruža s vrha, zastao mi je dah. — When I saw the view that opens up from the top, it took my breath away.
Conjugation, perfective
Present tense
jazastanem
tizastaneš
on/ona/onozastane
mizastanemo
vizastanete
oni/one/onazastanu
Past tense: zastao, zastala, zastalo · zastali, zastale
Future: zastaću, zastaćeš, zastaće, zastaćemo, zastaćete, zastaće
Imperative: zastani
AI Updated 29 October 2026