No. 254 in Croatian

vratiti

"Vratiti" means "to return" in English.

In a sentence

Moram vratiti knjigu u knjižnicu.
I need to return the book to the library.
Here, "vratiti" is used to mean 'to return' something to its original place.
Nakon šetnje, brzo se vratimo kući kako bismo večerali.
After the walk, let's quickly return home to have dinner.
In this sentence, "vratiti" signifies 'to come back' to a previous location.
On želi vratiti staru slavu tog natjecanja.
He wants to restore the former glory of that competition.
Here, "vratiti" implies the restoration of a previous state or condition.

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