prestignuti

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pre- +‎ stići.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prěstiɡnuti/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧stig‧nu‧ti

Verb

prèstignuti pf (Cyrillic spelling прѐстигнути)

  1. (transitive) to outpace, to outdrive, to outstrip, to outdistance, to overtake, to pass (someone or something who/that is ahead)
  2. (transitive) to excel, to outdo, to outmatch, to surpass (in success, level of achievement, hierarchy etc.)

Conjugation

References

  • prestignuti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024