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Car ownership & servicing

SerbianMeaning
registrácija vòzilavehicle registration — the procedure that renews a car's registration and issues an updated saobraćajna dozvola and windscreen sticker
tèhničkī prȅgledvehicle technical inspection — a check of a car's condition; the testing station itself carries the same name
sȁobraćājnā dòzvolavehicle registration certificate — the document for the car itself (not the driving licence, which is vozačka dozvola)
sèrvīsgarage, service
mehàničārmechanic
kvȃrbreakdown, fault
pokváriti seto break down
upálitito start (a car or engine); to switch on (a light, a device): auto neće da upali — the car won't start
pòpravitito repair
zaménitito exchange
rezèrvnī dȅospare part
servisíratito service a car; to have routine servicing done
akumùlātorcar battery
kvȁčiloclutch
kòčiōne plȍčicebrake pads (a brake is kočnica)
zȋmskē gȕmewinter tyres (guma means both a tyre and rubber)
zàmena ȕljaoil change (engine oil; ulje alone usually means cooking oil — engine oil is motorno ulje)
àuspuhexhaust pipe, muffler
brìsāčwindscreen wiper (usually plural: brisači)
fȃrheadlight (plural farovi)
tòčakwheel (the tyre on it is guma, the rim felna)
cúritito leak, to drip (oil, coolant): curi ulje — the oil is leaking
vulkanìzertyre shop, where tyres are repaired and changed; also the person who does it
šlȅp slȕžbatow truck service
šlȅpatito tow (a car)
sȁobraćājnā nèzgodaroad traffic accident
štȅtadamage, loss; as an exclamation Šteta! — what a pity!
òbavezno osigùrānjecompulsory insurance; of a car — third-party liability cover
kȁskocomprehensive motor insurance covering your own car
benzínskā pȕmpapetrol station (pumpa alone means both a petrol station and a pump)
nàplatnā rȁmpatoll gate, toll booth
pàrking kártaparking ticket in the sense of a paid-parking slip (a parking fine is kazna)
vòzilovehicle — the official word on documents and signs (in speech auto or kola)
kilometrážamileage, odometer reading
pòlovansecond-hand, used (polovan auto — a used car)

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