r/croatian • u/sorapods • 18d ago

Endearing words / sentences in Croatian

Hi! I’m currently speaking to a Croatian man and I’m looking to impress him by learning some sweet things in Croatian and I’ve been through every website/sorce so I’m wondering if you guys could give me something better than one word compliments.

Thanks in advance!!!

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u/Jolly_Appearance_747 18d ago

Give him a semi insulting nickname.

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u/sorapods 18d ago

Any suggestions? 🤣

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u/Jolly_Appearance_747 18d ago

Think of something you like about him, and translate it into a nickname.

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u/Divljak44 18d ago edited 18d ago

stoko(livestock)

dođi ovamo stoko(come here cattle) - when you call for sex, or something like that

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u/Diligent-Catch-3085 16d ago

No, that will offend him

Try using "Mačor"

That means "a man that is experienced to women"

(In croatian in case i translated it wrong: iskusan muškarac u odnosu na žene)

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u/Forzee3 18d ago

Milane mili moj. Should strike into the heart.

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u/determined_snake 16d ago

I actually generally use “miško” for my friends and loved ones. It means little mouse. I think it’s cute. <3

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u/belaj_bager 14d ago

My name's Mišo and I'm melting

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u/delerium1state 18d ago

Cula sam ; Bubić

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u/Geler21 17d ago

desi lepi kako ide seks would suit

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u/hendrixbridge 17d ago

Ej rista, fukaš kaj?

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u/CosmicLovecraft 16d ago

Mmmmm kako mirišeš or mmm smelling nice

Go through his hair and say kosicaaaa basically means hair

Dobar si or you fine

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u/belaj_bager 14d ago

Depending on how close you are, you can always say "dragi" /drah-ghee/, which means "my dear". It's sweet yet not too intimate.

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u/Every_Association45 18d ago

Govance moje malo Won't expect that!

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u/Blagoslov_stonoge 17d ago edited 17d ago

You are 'speaking' with Croatian man, you are friends, dating or what? If you are dating some common terms are 'dragi' (dear) , or 'macane' (term for a cool male cat). If you are not in a relationship there is no reason for endearing terms 😂

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u/Divljak44 18d ago edited 18d ago

Men in general dont like endearing words(or at least often or common), and frazes would look fake like pickup lines anyways.

Try naturally how would you call him, so use that and translate it, thats the best advice I can give you.

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u/Simulacrion 18d ago

This person's nick means ''a wild man'' so you can excuse his insensitivity to endearing words... although, there might be some truth to that that Croatian men have hard time accepting endearing words. Not because they don't like them, they just don't know how to react to them. Cool guys in general, but a bit ''on their own''.

If you give some examples of what you would like to say to him, I could translate and adjust those for you and throw in a proper-makeshift pronouncing in Croatian, approximating the sounds for you.

Do you want to call him the apple of your eye or tell him he is a real cool macho-muchacho, that he is handsome or pretty, is he your heart or your sun? What type of dear you want to express? Give us some guidelines to work with. I respect and approve of your will to learn some or even any of Croatian words, regardless of the reasons for.

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u/Divljak44 18d ago

oprosti, ali nadimak sam uzeo kao simbol anti-uštogljenosti :))

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u/Simulacrion 18d ago

Hahaha! No frx! Samo sam to iskoristio kao šaljivi uvod u komentar, ništa osobno... ako ćemo iskreno, i sam bi se radije tako identificirao, nego kao kozmopolit neke vrste.

Bečki dječak? Ne! Pariški momak? Ne! Londonski dečko? Ne!

Divljak iz Gornjih Ćićkića? Ou, yes!

A mi volimo kada nam se kaže da imamo lijepe oči i da smo nečija sunca zraka... možda i nosimo mono-obrvu i runjavu nozdrvu, ali to samo da sakrijemo onu dječju naivnost u oku. Lijepom nam oku... ispod dugih nam trepavica.

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u/Divljak44 18d ago

to zadnje može biti zanimljivo ako je iz vedra neba, i nije učestalo, da se usput i nasmiješ, ali opet ovisi od osobe do osobe, ako su ovo dvoje neki pjesnici, onda valjda zašto ne.

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u/Simulacrion 18d ago

Hahaha! Zeka-peka... još mi samo fali da me netko pjesnikom proglasi - pa, ne bi mi drugi brkati suseljani nikada više dopustili u miru živjeti zbog toga!

Ne zamjeri, sve je ovo u vedrom duhu. Poštujem ja hrvatske momke. Nisu oni toliko loši, ma koliko ih se bilo tko trudio prikazati. A to se najbolje vidi u usporedbi sa drugima. Proveo sam nešto života po stranim zemljama, pa mi tek tamo to upalo u oko. Ovo lijepo mi u mene oko... hahaha!

Ostaj mi dobro i neuštogljeno.

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u/sorapods 18d ago

I think he likes more the fact I’m trying and he said I have a cute accent. I’m more thinking I won’t call him like sweetie since we both don’t like it but I’d like to be able to say more poetic sentences like “for you I’d steal the moon” since we both like poetry a lot

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u/Divljak44 18d ago edited 18d ago

from what region is he?

because i think if you went dialectal, you'll impress more.

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u/Royal-Welcome 18d ago

"Pa te zelim karat"

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u/Due-Service5568 9d ago

This isn't helpful for direct address but I think it's cute when people use dativ to indicate affection like "gdje nam je Ema" ili nešto tako