pregristi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pre- +‎ gristi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prěɡristi/
• Hyphenation: pre‧gris‧ti

Verb

prègristi pf (Cyrillic spelling прѐгристи)

1. (transitive) to bite/gnaw/chew through, sever by biting
2. (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) to get over it, grin and bear it, bite the bullet

Related terms

• pregrízati impf

References

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