Serbian words starting with B
- bȁhey; come on (familiar emphatic particle, softer than bre; follows…
- bȁbinenewborn visit celebration
- bȁcāj kȍckicuroll the die
- bácati bìsērje pred svínjeto cast pearls before swine (bookish)
- bácati dȑvlje i kàmēnjeto hurl abuse at someone (literally, to throw wood and stones)
- bácati prȁšinu u ȍčito throw dust in someone's eyes, to put on a false show
- bácitito throw away
- báciti páre u vȅtarto throw money down the drain
- báciti rùkavicuto throw down the gauntlet (bookish)
- BȁčkaBačka, the north-western part of Vojvodina
- bȁdnjākChristmas oak branch
- Bȁdnjē vȅčeChristmas Eve
- bȁgbug (spoken IT slang; in writing greška)
- bàgremacacia
- bȃjkafairy tale
- bákagrandmother
- bàkarcopper
- baklàvabaklava
- bàlētballet
- Bàlkānthe Balkans
- bàlkōnbalcony
- bàlōnballoon
- banánabanana
- BànātBanat, the eastern part of Vojvodina
- bȁnjaspa town
- bànkabank
- bankòmatATM
- bȃrbar
- bàremat least (also bar)
- bȁšexactly, just; really (intensifier)
- bȁš me brȉgaI don't care (blunt, colloquial)
- báštagarden
- baštòvānstvogardening
- bàtērijabattery
- bȁviti seto be engaged in; to do (as a job)
- bázaa chemical base; also a base (as in baza podataka, a database)
- báza podátākādatabase
- bàzēnpool
- bébababy
- bèleškanote; annotation, footnote
- Bȇlī ȃnđeothe White Angel, the fresco at Mileševa monastery and the best-known…
- bȇlī kàrtonaddress registration slip for foreigners
- bȇlī lȕkgarlic
- bȇlo vínowhite wine
- bȅndband
- bènzīnpetrol
- benzínskā pȕmpapetrol station (pumpa alone means both a petrol station and a pump)
- bȅowhite
- bȅo kȁo snȇgwhite as snow (same image)
- BeògradBelgrade
- beògradskīBelgrade, of the capital's urban speech, closest to the standard
- bèrbapicking harvest: grapes, fruit, berries (grain is žetva)
- bȇsrage
- bésanfurious
- bèsedaan oration (not a conversation — that is razgovor)
- bèsednīkan orator (bookish; the neutral word is govornik)
- bèsmrtanimmortal (from smrt, death)
- bèsplatnofree (of charge)
- bèzwithout
- bez dlȁke na jezìkubluntly, without mincing words (lit. «without a hair on the tongue»)
- bez glùtenagluten-free
- Bez mȕke néma nàukeno learning without hardship
- bez nȁknade"free of charge" — the note that no fee is taken for the document or…
- bez òbzira na tȏregardless of that (neutral); bez obzira na + accusative; before a…
- bez posrédnikano agents
- bez vȅzepointless; lame (colloquial; literally 'without connection')
- bèzbednosnā kòntrolasecurity check
- bèzbednōstsafety, security (personal, national, informational)
- bèzbōlnopainlessly
- bèžičanwireless
- bezòbrazanrude, insolent; indecent (a strong accusation) — not 'ugly', which is…
- bȉberpepper (spice)
- bibliogràfijabibliography — works on the topic, cited or not (wider than spisak…
- bibliotékalibrary
- bȉće bȍljethings will get better
- bicìklbicycle
- biciklìzamcycling
- bìlansbalance sheet, financial statement: bilans stanja — balance sheet…
- bȋljkaplant
- bínastage (the platform; scena = also a scene in a play)
- biogràfijarésumé, CV
- biològijabiology
- bȉoskopcinema
- bìrāčelector, voter (official term; biračko telo — the electorate)
- bìrāčko mȅstopolling station
- bíratito choose
- birokràtskī jèzikbureaucratic language, officialese
- bìstrōclearly, limpidly
- bȉtito be
- bȉti na kònjuto be sitting pretty (literally, to be on a horse)
- bȋvšīex-
- bȉznisbusiness (colloq.; neutral posao)
- blȃgotreasure (neuter); also the adverb blago, gently
- blagonáklonwell-disposed, favourable (bookish; + prema and the dative)
- blȁgoslōvblessing
- blȅjānjeaimless hanging out (youth slang; friends only)
- bléjatito hang about doing nothing; to bleat (youth slang; friends only)
- blȉzakclose
- blizánactwin
- blizáncitwins
- blízunear; close
- blokíratito block
- bȍdovicredits, points
- BȏgGod
- bȍgamiby God; honestly (emphatic assertion; colloquial but not rude; also…
- bogàtstvowealth (from bogat; -stvo = Russian -ство, neuter: prijateljstvo…
- bòjacolor
- bòjati seto be afraid (+ genitive); strahovati is the reasoned fear
- bòjīm se daI'm afraid that — formula of softened refusal or bad news (bojim se…
- bȍjlerwater heater
- bȏlpain
- bȏlana Bosnian address particle, roughly 'mate' (feminine bona)
- bȍlēstillness; disease
- bȍlestansick; ill
- bòlī meit hurts (me)
- bòlī me ȕvoI couldn't care less (lit. «my ear hurts»; crude)
- bòlī me zȗbI have a toothache
- Bȍlje ȉkad nȅgo nȉkadbetter ever than never
- Bȍlje ȉšta nȅgo nȉštabetter something than nothing
- Bȍlje spréčiti nȅgo léčitiprevention is better than cure
- Bȍlje vrábac u rúci nȅgo gȍlūb na gránia sparrow in the hand beats a pigeon on the branch
- bólnicahospital
- bȍlovānjesick leave
- bȏmbabomb; in slang brilliant (of a thing or event; colloquial, widely…
- bȏrpine
- bórawrinkle
- bòravakstay (in a country); residence
- bòravišnā dòzvolaresidence permit
- bòravīšteplace of stay — the address where a person actually lives
- boróvnicablueberry
- bòsanskīBosnian, the standard variety used in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- BȍsnaBosnia
- BòžićChristmas
- brȁčnī pȃrmarried couple
- brádabeard; chin
- bràdatbearded
- brȃkmarriage
- bránitito defend, protect; braniti se — to defend oneself (not 'to scold'…
- brȁonbrown
- brȁšnoflour
- brȁtbrother
- bratánacnephew (brother's son)
- bratànicaniece (brother's daughter)
- brȁtebro, mate (address; fine with friends, too familiar with strangers or…
- bràvaa door lock (a padlock is katanac, a castle is dvorac)
- brȁvārlocksmith
- bȑdohill
- brȅemphatic particle (very colloquial; informal only)
- brȅndbrand
- brȅskvapeach
- brȅzabirch
- brežúljakknoll
- brȉga o sȅbiself-care
- brìjāčrazor
- brȉjānjeshaving
- brìsāčwindscreen wiper (usually plural: brisači)
- brȉsati prȁšinuto dust
- bŕkovimoustache
- bȑnjicamuzzle
- brȏdship, boat
- brȏja number; the written digit is cifra
- brȏj prȅdmetacase number — the number of the file in which the office keeps your…
- brȏj za prȁćēnjetracking number
- bròjilometer
- brȗcošfreshman
- brȕtogross — the sum before deductions; contracts usually state bruto…
- brȕto dòmāćī pròizvodgross domestic product, GDP (abbreviated BDP)
- bȓzfast (opp. spor)
- bȓza hránafast food
- brzìnaspeed; gear (in a car)
- brzìnskīquickly, in a rush (from brzina 'speed')
- bȓzoquickly
- bùbregkidney (m., pl. bubrezi)
- budàlaa fool (feminine in form, used of either sex; moderately insulting)
- bȕdīm seI wake up
- bùdūći dasince, given that (formal/written; opens a clause, usually…
- budúćnōstthe future (feminine)
- bùdžetbudget
- bȕkanoise
- bȕkvabeech tree — not a letter of the alphabet (that is slovo)
- bulèvārboulevard
- bȗndafur coat (the everyday word)
- bùrekburek
- bùšilicadrill
- bȕvefleas
- bzvzlame; pointless (short for bezveze; writing only)