Meaning of за | Babel Free

Definitions

1. for (expressing a reason)
2. behind, in back of, at (without change of position, answering the question гдје̏/где̏)
3. during
4. to, toward
5. in (in expressions with time)
6. by
7. for, as (with verbs denoting naming, appointing, declaring, considering etc)
8. after
9. for

Equivalents

Examples

“гласати⟳ за некога”

to vote for somebody

“продати⟳ нешто за 100 долара”

to sell something for a hundred dollars

“платити за радозналост”

to pay for one's curiosity

“бојати⟳ се за некога”

to fear for somebody

“доћи⟳ кући за празнике”

to come home for the holiday season

“сједити⟳/седети⟳ за столом”

to sit at the table

“Иди за мном.”

Follow me. (Go behind me.)

“за дана”

during the day, during daylight

“за живота”

during one's life

“за вр(иј)еме рата”

during the war

“цеста за Беч”

the road to Vienna

“путовати⟳ за Беч”

to travel to Vienna

“доћи⟳ опет за неколико дана”

to come back in a few days

“претрчати 100 метара за 9 секунди”

to run 100 meters in 9 seconds

“узети за руку”

to take by the hand

“ухватити⟳ за руку”

to grab by the arm

“вући⟳ за уши”

to pull by the ears

“поставити⟳ некога за предс(ј)едника”

to appoint somebody president

“држати⟳ некога за паметног чов(ј)ека”

to consider somebody a smart person

“један за другим”

one after another

“правити⟳ грешку за грешком”

to make one error after another; to make errors repeatedly

“поновите за мном.”

Repeat after me.

“туговати⟳ за неким”

to grieve for somebody

“чезнути⟳ за срећом”

to yearn for happiness