These are the 100 most useful Croatian verbs from our 1000-word beginner course - the actions you will hear and talk about every day. Learn them first and you can build real sentences fast.
| # | Verb | Croatian |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | to borrow | posuditi |
| 2 | to buy | kupiti |
| 3 | to clean | očistiti |
| 4 | to close | zatvoriti |
| 5 | to cook | kuhati |
| 6 | to do | raditi |
| 7 | to drink | piti |
| 8 | to eat | jesti |
| 9 | to find | pronaći |
| 10 | to get | dobiti |
| 11 | to give | dati |
| 12 | to grow | rasti |
| 13 | to hang | objesiti |
| 14 | to have | imati |
| 15 | to keep | čuvati |
| 16 | to let | pustiti |
| 17 | to live | živjeti |
| 18 | to litter | bacati smeće |
| 19 | to make | napraviti |
| 20 | to open | otvoriti |
| 21 | to play | igrati |
| 22 | to sleep | spavati |
| 23 | to spend | trošiti |
| 24 | to start | započeti |
| 25 | to stop | prestati |
| 26 | to take | uzeti |
| 27 | to try | pokušati |
| 28 | to use | koristiti |
| 29 | to wait | čekati |
| 30 | to avoid | izbjegavati |
| 31 | to bake | peći |
| 32 | to fill | napuniti |
| 33 | to fit | odgovarati |
| 34 | to grate | naribati |
| 35 | to lock | zaključati |
| 36 | to pack | spakirati |
| 37 | to pay | platiti |
| 38 | to pick | odabrati |
| 39 | to prepare | pripremiti se |
| 40 | to remove | ukloniti |
| 41 | to search | tražiti |
| 42 | to stay | ostati |
| 43 | to wake up | probuditi se |
| 44 | to want | željeti |
| 45 | to need | trebati |
| 46 | to put | staviti |
| 47 | to tie | zavezati |
| 48 | to unlock | otključati |
| 49 | to zip | zakopčati |
| 50 | to cut | izrezati |
| 51 | to show | pokazati |
| 52 | to get up | ustati |
| 53 | to lie down | leći |
| 54 | to empty | isprazniti |
| 55 | to turn on | upaliti |
| 56 | to turn off | ugasiti |
| 57 | to put on | obući |
| 58 | to wash | prati |
| 59 | to take off | skinuti |
| 60 | to try on | isprobati |
| 61 | to pick up | pokupiti |
| 62 | to melt | topiti se |
| 63 | to rain | kišiti |
| 64 | to snow | sniježiti |
| 65 | to smell | mirisati |
| 66 | to taste | imati okus |
| 67 | to shine | sjati |
| 68 | to smoke | pušiti |
| 69 | to snore | hrkati |
| 70 | to fold | presaviti |
| 71 | to dry | osušiti |
| 72 | to begin | početi |
| 73 | to decorate | ukrasiti |
| 74 | to shell | oguliti |
| 75 | to chew | žvakati |
| 76 | to buckle | zakopčati |
| 77 | to lose | izgubiti |
| 78 | to afford | priuštiti |
| 79 | to rest | odmoriti se |
| 80 | to conceal | prikriti |
| 81 | to lend | posuditi |
| 82 | to bite | ugristi |
| 83 | to weigh | izvagati |
| 84 | to order | naručiti |
| 85 | to cost | koštati |
| 86 | to become | postati |
| 87 | to recycle | reciklirati |
| 88 | to warm | ugrijati |
| 89 | to shave | brijati se |
| 90 | to ring | zvoniti |
| 91 | to hide | sakriti |
| 92 | to wipe | obrisati |
| 93 | to blend | pomiješati |
| 94 | to bury | zakopati |
| 95 | to feed | hraniti |
| 96 | to digest | probaviti |
| 97 | to iron | glačati |
| 98 | to disguise | prerušiti se |
| 99 | to plant | posaditi |
| 100 | to water | zalijevati |