No. 265 in Croatian

zapravo

"Actually" or "in fact."

In a sentence

Zapravo, nisam bio siguran što trebam učiniti.
Actually, I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do.
In this context, 'zapravo' is used to introduce an explanation or clarification, meaning 'actually'.
On je, zapravo, bio tamo cijelo vrijeme.
He was, in fact, there the entire time.
Here, 'zapravo' serves to emphasize a surprising or less obvious truth, translated as 'in fact'.
Razmislio sam, i zapravo sam se složio s njime.
I thought it over, and I indeed agreed with him.
The word 'zapravo' here indicates agreement after consideration, meaning 'indeed' or 'truly'.

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