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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From pre- + stići.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prěstiɡnuti/
- Hyphenation: pre‧stig‧nu‧ti
Verb
prèstignuti pf (Cyrillic spelling прѐстигнути)
- (transitive) to outpace, to outdrive, to outstrip, to outdistance, to overtake, to pass (someone or something who/that is ahead)
- (transitive) to excel, to outdo, to outmatch, to surpass (in success, level of achievement, hierarchy etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of prèstignuti / prèstići
References
- “prestignuti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024