No. 831 in Croatian
nužno
Necessary.
In a sentence
Nužno je završiti ovaj projekt na vrijeme.
It is necessary to finish this project on time.
Here, 'nužno' means 'necessary' and conveys the importance of completing the project on time.
Ovo nije nužno točno, ali je moguće.
This is not necessarily true, but it is possible.
In this sentence, 'nužno' means 'necessarily' and is used to denote something that might not always be the case.
Nužno sam se vratio kući zbog oluje.
I had to return home necessarily because of the storm.
Here, 'nužno' is used to express a compelled or urgent action due to the circumstances, which is somewhat similar to 'had to' or 'necessarily.'
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