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zvoniti

звонити

zvòniti · /zʋǒniti/ · imperfective

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VERB
  1. (of a phone, bell) to ring
    Telefon ti zvoni već pet minuta. — Your phone has been ringing for five minutes.
    Crkvena zvona zvone svake nedelje ujutru. — The church bells ring every Sunday morning.
  2. (na vrata) to ring the doorbell
    Neko zvoni na vrata, otvori, molim te. — Someone's ringing the doorbell, please get it.
  3. (impersonal, in the ears) to ring in one's ears
    Posle koncerta mi je celu noć zvonilo u ušima. — After the concert my ears were ringing all night.

To phone someone is usually zvati or pozvati, not zvoniti.

Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
jazvonim
tizvoniš
on/ona/onozvoni
mizvonimo
vizvonite
oni/one/onazvone
Past (masc.): zvonio
Imperative: zvoni
AI Updated 30 September 2026