brijati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *briti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brîjati/
  • Hyphenation: bri‧ja‧ti

Verb

brȉjati impf (Cyrillic spelling бри̏јати)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to shave
  2. (slang, regional, Croatia) to think
    Brijem da to nije točno.I don't think that's true
    Briješ? Brijem.You think so? Yeah I do.
  3. (slang) to make out with, to hook up with
    Poslije nastave su zabrijali.They made out after class
  4. (slang) to go on about something, be on about
    Ma dosadan je, stalno brije o tome da ga zapostavljam.He's boring, he keeps going on about how I'm neglecting him.

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Further reading

  • brijati” in Hrvatski jezični portal