No. 580 in Croatian
ima
"Has" or "there is/are," depending on context.
In a sentence
Ana ima prijatelja u Zagrebu.
Ana has a friend in Zagreb.
Here, 'ima' is used to indicate possession or having something.
Ima li kino u ovom gradu?
Is there a cinema in this town?
In this interrogative sentence, 'ima' expresses existence or presence of something.
Tamo ima puno cvijeća u proljeće.
There are many flowers there in the spring.
Here, 'ima' describes the presence of a quantity of something in a given place.
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