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češati

чешати

čèšati · /t͡ʃěʃati/ · imperfective

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VERB
  1. to scratch
    Ne češi ujed komarca, biće još gore. — Don't scratch the mosquito bite, it'll get worse.
    Pas se stalno češe iza uha. — The dog keeps scratching behind its ear.
  2. (češati se o + acc.) to rub against
    Mačka se češe o moje noge kad je gladna. — The cat rubs against my legs when it's hungry.

The perfective is počešati; to scratch oneself is češati se.

Expressions
  • češati se gde ne svrbi — to meddle in what's none of one's business; to go looking for trouble
    Ne češi se gde te ne svrbi, pusti ih da se sami dogovore. — Don't stick your nose in, let them sort it out themselves.
Conjugation, imperfective
Present tense
jačešem
tičešeš
on/ona/onočeše
mičešemo
vičešete
oni/one/onačešu
Past tense: češao, češala, češalo · češali, češale
Future: češaću, češaćeš, češaće, češaćemo, češaćete, češaće
Imperative: češi
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