You found yourself in Croatia on a trip, and you don’t know a single Croatian word?
What to do?
The only logical solution would be to read Adriagate’s short dictionary, which will save you a moment of uncomfortable silence. After the first successful use, we guarantee a lot of kind smiles and motivation. Wmust agree with Edward De Waal: “With languages, you are at home anywhere.“
If you want to greet your hosts, employees in restaurants, cafes or shops, it would be good to use this category.
GREETINGS
| CROATIAN EXPRESSION | ENGLISH EXPRESSION |
| Dobro jutro! | Good morning! |
| Dobar dan! | Good afternoon! |
| Dobra večer! | Good evening! |
| Ugodan dan! | Have a nice day! |
| Bok! | Bye! |
| Vidimo se! | See you! |
| Doviđenja! | Goodbye! |
FIRST IMPRESSION
We are sure that everyone will be extremely pleased with the basics of communication in the Croatian language and will certainly appreciate your efforts. But if you would like to leave a good first impression, we recommend a few easy phrases and questions:
| CROATIAN EXPRESSION | ENGLISH EXPRESSION |
| Kako ste? Kako si? | How are you? |
| Pomalo! | Take it easy! |
| Uživajte! Guštajte! | Enjoy! |
| Hvala! Hvala puno! | Thank you! Thank you very much! |
| Možete li mi pomoći? | Can you help me, please? |
| Bili ste mi od velike pomoći! | You helped me a lot! |
| Želio/la bih rezervirati stol! | I would like to book a table! |
CAFE OR RESTAURANT
When you are on vacation in Croatia, it would be a shame not to drink either coffee or beer in a cafe by the sea or try a local specialty in a restaurant of your choice. Don’t worry, orders in Croatian aren’t much harder than the previous sentences.
| CROATIAN EXPRESSION | ENGLISH EXPRESSION |
| Želio bih naručiti… | I would like to order… |
| Mogu dobiti kavu/pivo? | Can I have coffee/beer? |
| Hladno pivo! | Cold beer! |
| Želio/la bih probati vaš specijalitet. | I would like to try your specialty. |
| Ne jedem gluten. | I am gluten intolerant. |
| Ja sam vegan/veganka. | I am vegan. |
| Što biste mi preporučili? | Do you have a recommendation? |
| Ovo je bilo jako ukusno! | This was delicious! |
| Pohvale kuharu! | Kudos to the chef! |
| Želim vam ostaviti napojnicu! | I want to leave you a tip! |
Make sure not to forget the Croatian expression for a tip: manča!
THREE MAGIC WORDS
When coming to Croatia you should definitely remember these 3 simple words: Dobrodošli! Uživajte! Pomalo! (Welcome! Enjoy! Take it easy!)
