promaknuti

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

pro- +‎ maknuti

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /promǎknuti/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧mak‧nu‧ti

Verb

promàknuti pf (Cyrillic spelling прома̀кнути)

  1. (transitive) to push through, stick through, pull through
  2. (transitive) to promote (employee)
    Ivan će biti promaknut zbog svoje marljivosti.
    Ivan will be promoted because of his diligence.
  3. (intransitive) to quickly pass by, go by, slip by
    Kako li je vrijeme tako brzo promaklo.
    How did the time pass by so quickly.
  4. (intransitive, dative) to miss (something inadvertently)
    Promakle su mi večernje vijesti jer sam bio u vrtu.
    I missed the evening news because I was in the garden.

Conjugation