particle
zaboga
for heaven's sake — surprise or entreaty, entirely polite
боже мой, ради бога — возглас удивления или мольбы, вполне приличный (тж. pobogu)
With stress
zàboga
In Cyrillic
забога
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Appears in lessons
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- psȏvkaa swear word. Serbian cursing is largely formulaic and aimed at the…
- psòvatito swear (imperfective); to scold someone is grditi
- opsòvatito swear, to curse at someone (perfective of psovati)
- psòvati kȁo kočìjāšto swear like a coachman — the same image as the Russian idiom
- ȕvredaan insult (what was said); the feeling of being insulted is uvređenost
- uvréditito insult (perfective); uvrediti se — to take offence
- vréđatito insult (imperfective of uvrediti)
- omalovážitito belittle, to dismiss someone's worth (hurtful without being coarse)
- grúbōstrudeness (feminine; a trait and a single act)
- grȗbrude (of a person or a tone); also coarse to the touch