A
adresa f address (mail, street)
ako conj. if § 70
alat (») m tool
ali conj. but § 55
anđeo (anđel-) mª angel
· anđeoski rel. adj.
Amerikanac (Amerikanc-) mª American
· Amerikanka f
· američki rel. adj.
apoteka f (colloq.) pharmacy (also: ljekarna)
auto (aut-) m car
autobus m bus
· autobusni rel. adj.
automobil m car (more formal)
· automobilski adj.
autocesta f highway (na¨ l/d) (also: autoput)
avion (») m airplane
· avionski rel. adj.
B
bacati ~ baciti v.p. throw A (to DL)
· bačen pass. adj. thrown
bajka f (G-pl bajki) fairy tale
baka f (DL baki) grandmother
· bakin poss. adj.
balkon m balcony
banka f bank
bar / barem adv. at least
baviti se² impf. spend time, be engaged in (I)
beba f baby
berba f (G-pl berbi) vintage, harvest of fruits
brati (bere) ~* po- v.p. pick (fruits, flowers)
besplatan (besplatn-) adj. free, offered without payment
bez prep. (+ G) without
bezbrižan (bezbrižn-) adj. not worried at all
bicikl m bicycle
bijeg m (N-pl bjegovi) escape, flight
bijel adj. (comp. bjelji, bjeliji)
white
· bjelina f whiteness, empty space on paper
bilježiti ~* za- v.p. note {E: beležiti}
bilježnica f notebook {E: beležnica}
biljka f plant (vegetation)
· biljni rel. adj. herbal
birati ~/~* izabrati (izabere) v.p. select, choose (A); se² get elected
· biran pass. adj. selected, elected
bistar (bistr-) adj. clear; smart, bright
· bistrina f transparency
biti (je² +; imper-2 budi) ~~ (bude) v.p. be (many uses)
bježati (bježi) ~/~* pobjeći (pobjegne, pobjegao, pobjegla) v.p. escape; run away from DL
blagajna f cash register (na¨ l/d) {B/S: kasa}
blagajnik mª cashier
· blagajnica f
blato n mud
· blatan (blatn-) adj. muddy
blizak (blisk-) adj. (comp. bliži) close
· blizina f closeness
blizu adv. close; (+ G) close to
boca f bottle
bog mª god
· božica f goddess
· božji rel. adj.
bogat adj. rich
· bogatstvo n richness, plenty
bogataš mª rich man
· bogatašica f rich woman
· bogataški rel. adj.
boja f color; paint {colloq: farba; coast: pitura}
bojati (boji) (Std: bojiti) ~* o- («) v.p. paint (e.g. fences; for paintings: slikati)
bojati (boji) se² impf. be afraid (of G) § 69
bol f (sometimes m) pain (pl usually bolovi m) § 25
bolan (boln-) adj. painful
bolest f illness, disease
bolesnik mª ill person, patient
· bolesnica f
· bolesnički rel. adj.
bolestan (bolesn-) adj. ill
bolnica f hospital
· bolnički rel. adj.
boljeti (boli, bolio, boljela) impf. hurt (the person who experiences pain is in A) § 27
bolji adj. comp. better; → dobar
bor m pine tree
borac (borc-) mª fighter
borba f (G-pl borbi) fight
boriti se² impf. fight; (s I) fight with I; (protiv G) fight against G
brada f chin; beard
brak m marriage
· u braku pred. married
· bračni rel. adj. marital
brana f dam
braniti ~* o- («) v.p. A / se² (od G) defend (A / oneself) (from G)
brašno n flour
brat mª brother; as pl. braća (coll.) § 30
bratić mª male cousin (female: sestrična)
brava f lock
brdo n hill
· brdski rel. adj.
brijati (brije) ~* o- v.p. shave A / se²
briga f concern, worry
brinuti (brine) (se²) impf. worry; (za A) care (about A); (o DL) care (about DL) § 69
brisati (briše) ~* po-, iz- v.p. (A) delete, erase (A)
brod m ship
· brodski rel. adj.
broj m number, count
brojati / brojiti (broji) ~ iz- («) v.p. count (brojati is more common, although brojiti is Standard)
brz adj. (comp. brži) fast
· brzina f speed
· na brzinu at first glance; on short notice
bubreg m kidney
· bubrežni rel. adj.
bučan (bučn-) adj. noisy
budala f fool
budan (budn-) adj. awake
buditi ~* pro- («) v.p. wake up A; se² wake up
buka f noise
bunar (») m well
bura f strong wind on the Croatian coast, coming from inland
bušiti ~* pro- («) / iz- («) v.p. drill, perforate (A)
C
car mª (N-pl carevi) emperor
· carica f empress
· carski rel. adj.
cesta f road (na¨ l/d) {I: cista}
cijeli adj.
whole {E: ceo}
· cjelina f the whole, entirety
cijena f
price
cilj m aim; finishing line
· ciljni rel. adj.
cipela f shoe
crkva f church
· crkveni rel. adj.
crn adj. black § 11
crta f line
crtati ~* na- v.p. draw (A) (a sketch, drawing)
crtež m drawing (na¨ l/d)
crv mª (N-pl crvi) worm
crven adj. red
cura f (colloq.) girl, girlfriend (more formal: djevojka)
· curica f (colloq.) little girl
curiti ~* is- («) v.p. drip, leak
cvijet (N-pl cvjetovi) m
flower
· cvijeće n coll.
· cvjetni rel. adj.
Č
čaj m tea (na¨ act.)
· čajni rel. adj.
čak adv. even, more than expected
čamac (čamc-) m small boat
čarapa f sock, stocking
čaroban (čarobn-) adj. magic, magical
čarobnjak (») mª wizard
čarolija f spell, magic
čast f honor
· svaka čast! kudos! (used as praise)
častan (časn-) adj. honorable
· časna sestra (or just časna) nun
čaša f glass (e.g. of water)
čavao (čavl-) m nail (to hammer, not on fingers)
čekati ~* do- v.p. wait (for A) § 3
čekić m hammer
čelik m steel
· čelični adj.
čep m cork
čest adj. (comp. češći) frequent
čestitati («) impf. (DL) (na¨ DL) congratulate (DL) (on DL)
čestitka f greting card
češati (češe) ~ po- («) v.p. scratch A (only to remove itch; to leave marks: grebati)
češalj (češlj-) m (N-pl češljevi) comb
češljati ~* po- v.p. comb A / se²
češnjak m garlic
četiri number 4
četrdeset number 40
četvero number four people § 68
četvorica coll. four men § 68
četvrtak (četvrtk-) m Thursday
četvrti adj. fourth § 33
· četvrt f quarter
· četvrtina f quarter
činiti impf. do, make A (raditi is more common); se² seem; impers. se² (DL) da... it seems (to DL) that...
čist adj. (comp. čišći) pure, clean
· čistoća f cleanliness
čistiti ~* o- v.p. clean (A)
čitati ~* pro- v.p. read (A) (to DL)
· čitan pass. adj. read
· čitljiv adj. readable
čitav adj. whole, undamaged
čizma f boot
čokolada f chocolate
· čokoladni rel. adj.
čovjek mª human, man § 13; as pl. ljudi m pl. § 29
čučati (čuči) ~~ čučnuti (čučne) v.p. crouch
čudan (čudn-) adj. strange
čuditi ~~ za- v.p. astonish A; se² be astonished (by DL); se² da... be astonished that...
čudo n (N-pl čuda / čudesa) wonder, miracle
čuti (čuje) impf. (can) hear A; mediopass; za A hear of A; da... hear that...
čupati ~* is- v.p. (iz G) pull out A (from G)
čuvati impf. (A) keep (A); A (G) guard A (from G)
čuvar (») mª guard
· čuvarica f
čvrst adj. (comp. čvršći) sturdy, robust, firm
· čvrstoća f firmness
čvor m knot
Ć
ćelav adj. bald
· ćelavost f baldness
ćevap m nugget of grilled minced meat, traditional Bosnian fast food
· ćevapčić m the same thing as ćevap
This looks nice. Is the dictionary based on a frequency word list by any chance?
ReplyDelete- Max
Partially, I have used a list of most frequent verbs and removed some that are not essential, such as bombardirati bomb and so on (I assume the list was based on newspaper articles). I added some colloquial words and so on.
Deletelp Daniel
Great, thanks! Just moved to Split and will be staying here for 4 years while attending university (courses are in english though). Will use your site to begin learning croatian :)
ReplyDeleteYou can also ask me anything here, or check my Facebook page, you can ask directly there. Happy learning and enjoy Split (much better than Zagreb in winter...)
DeleteThanks a lot!
Delete- Max
I wonder if you know any Croatian TV series that are available with english subtitles?
ReplyDeleteThanks.
I don't know, however you can ask on my Facebook page, maybe someone else knows.
DeleteI will also ask around.