Lingoflyдугме се не притиска
- дугме се не притискаdugme se ne pritiskathe button is stuck
“дугме се не притиска” (dugme se ne pritiska) — the button is stuck in Serbian. Phrase, level B1. Dugme is both a button on a device and a button on a shirt. Pritisnuti is to press; taster is a keyboard key. In a live sentence: “Дугме се не притиска, заглавило се” (Dugme se ne pritiska, zaglavilo se) — The button is stuck, it jammed. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Serbian | дугме се не притиска (dugme se ne pritiska) |
| Read in Latin letters | dugme se ne pritiska |
| Translation | the button is stuck |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Dugme is both a button on a device and a button on a shirt. Pritisnuti is to press; taster is a keyboard key.
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.
- Дугме се не притиска, заглавило сеDugme se ne pritiska, zaglavilo seThe button is stuck, it jammed
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 “the button is stuck” in Serbian?
«дугме се не притиска» (dugme se ne pritiska), read “dugme se ne pritiska”. In a live sentence: “Дугме се не притиска, заглавило се” (Dugme se ne pritiska, zaglavilo se) — The button is stuck, it jammed. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters д, у (u), г, м, е, с (s), е, н, е, п, р, и (i)…
How is “дугме се не притиска” (dugme se ne pritiska) written in Latin letters?
dugme se ne pritiska. 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?
Dugme is both a button on a device and a button on a shirt. Pritisnuti is to press; taster is a keyboard key. 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 this 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.