упирати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vъ + *pirati, intensive derivative form of *perti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǔpirati/
  • Hyphenation: у‧пи‧ра‧ти

Verb

у̀пирати impf (Latin spelling ùpirati, perfective у̀прије̄ти)

  1. (ambitransitive) to push forcefully (with one's finger or hand)
  2. (ambitransitive) to point to resolutely
  3. (ambitransitive) to exert strength, to make an effort

Further reading

  • “упирати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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