потрефити

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German treffen. Compare Czech potrefit, Kashubian pòtrafic, Carpathian Rusyn потрафити (potrafyty), Macedonian потрефи (potrefi), Polish potrafić, Silesian potrefić, and Slovak potrafiť.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒtrefiti/
  • Hyphenation: по‧тре‧фи‧ти

Verb

по̀трефити pf (Latin spelling pòtrefiti)

  1. (colloquial) to hit (a target)
  2. (colloquial) to guess correctly
    Добру лубеницу и добру жену не можеш изабрати, само потрефити. ― A good watermelon and a good wife can never be chosen, only guessed. (proverb)

Synonyms

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