No. 382 in Croatian
pada
"Pada" means "falls" in English.
In a sentence
Kiša pada cijeli dan.
The rain is falling all day.
In this sentence, 'pada' is used to describe the ongoing action of rain falling from the sky.
Svjetlost pada na staklo.
The light falls onto the glass.
Here, 'pada' is used metaphorically to describe how light reaches and illuminates a surface.
On pada s ljestava.
He is falling from the ladder.
In this context, 'pada' refers to the physical action of someone falling down from a height.
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