резервни точак
“резервни точак” (rezervni točak) — a spare tire in Serbian. Noun, level B1. Rezervni is spare: hence rezervni kljuc and rezervni plan. The narrow temp is jokingly called patuljak, a gnome. In a live sentence: “Резервни точак је испод пода гепека” — The spare tire is under the trunk floor. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters р, е, з, е, р, в, н, и, т, о, ч, а. A word from the everyday Serbian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Serbian | резервни точак |
| Read in Latin letters | rezervni točak |
| Translation | a spare tire |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- резервни точакrezervni točaka spare tire
Why it looks that way
Rezervni is spare: hence rezervni kljuc and rezervni plan. The narrow temp is jokingly called patuljak, a gnome.
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Резервни точак је испод пода гепекаRezervni točak je ispod poda gepekaThe spare tire is under the trunk floor
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “a spare tire” in Serbian?
«резервни точак», read “rezervni točak”. In a live sentence: “Резервни точак је испод пода гепека” — The spare tire is under the trunk floor. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters р, е, з, е, р, в, н, и, т, о, ч, а.
How is “резервни точак” written in Latin letters?
rezervni točak. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Rezervni is spare: hence rezervni kljuc and rezervni plan. The narrow temp is jokingly called patuljak, a gnome. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.