Serbo-Croatian

Verb

тра́жити impf ‎(Latin spelling trážiti)

1. (transitive) to seek, look for, search (something that is lost, unknown, or not present)

   тражити некога — to look for somebody

   тражи се особа за рад у пекари — a person is wanted for work in the bakery

   тражи се — wanted, needed (in ads)

   тражити срећу — to seek happiness

   тражити помоћ — to seek help

   тражити посао — to look for a job

2. (transitive) to stubbornly plead, demand, call for, request

   тражити правду — to demand justice

   ово тражи брзу реакцију — this calls for a rapid response

3. (transitive, intransitive) to require

   биља за раст тражи воду — plant requires water for growth

4. (transitive) to look up (word in a dictionary or reference work)

   тражити р(иј)еч у р(ј)ечнику — to look up a word in the dictionary

5. (reflexive) to have no purpose in life yet, not to know what one wants yet, to have an identity crisis

   још се тражим — I'm still having an identity crisis

6. idiomatic and figurative senses

   тражити пуно — to be demanding, ask a lot

   тражити одштету — to claim compensation

   што си тражио то си и добио — you asked for it

Conjugation

Derived terms

• затра́жити
• потра́жити

Synonyms

• (seek, search, look for): ѝскати (regional)
• (plead, demand, call for): захтије́вати / захте́вати
• (require): изиски́вати