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zbiti

збити

zbȉti · /zbîti/ · perfective · impf.: zbijati

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VERB
  1. (zbiti se) to huddle together; to crowd together
    Deca su se zbila oko vatre da se ugreju. — The children huddled around the fire to keep warm.
    Putnici su se zbili u prvi vagon. — The passengers crowded into the first carriage.
  2. (+ acc.) to compress; to pack down; to compact
    Zbij dobro zemlju oko sadnice. — Pack the soil down well around the seedling.
    Zbio je sve stvari u jedan kofer. — He crammed all his things into one suitcase.
  3. (zbiti šalu) to crack a joke
    Zbio je šalu i svi su se nasmejali. — He cracked a joke and everyone laughed.
  4. formal (zbiti se) to happen; to occur
    Niko ne zna šta se zbilo te noći. — No one knows what happened that night.

The participle "zbijen" (dense, compact) is very common: zbijen tekst, zbijeni redovi.

Synonyms:
Conjugation, perfective
Present tense
jazbijem
tizbiješ
on/ona/onozbije
mizbijemo
vizbijete
oni/one/onazbiju
Past tense: zbio, zbila, zbilo · zbili, zbile
Future: zbiću, zbićeš, zbiće, zbićemo, zbićete, zbiće
Imperative: zbij
AI Updated 6 October 2026