No. 821 in Croatian

lice

The Croatian word "lice" means "face" in English.

In a sentence

Njeno lice uvijek zrači srećom.
Her face always radiates happiness.
Lice refers to a person's face here, used literally to describe their appearance.
Na skupu je bilo mnogo poznatih lica.
There were many familiar faces at the gathering.
Lica is a plural form of lice, metaphorically referring to people or individuals.
Njegovo lice problema je nedostatak vremena.
The aspect of the problem he faces is a lack of time.
Lice figuratively denotes an aspect or side of a matter in this sentence.

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