Razmenjivati

Razmenjivati is a South Slavic verb meaning to exchange, swap or trade. Used in Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian (often written razmjenjivati in some standards), it denotes the action of giving and receiving something reciprocally, from goods and information to ideas or people. As an imperfective verb, it describes ongoing, habitual or repeated exchange; its common perfective counterpart is razmeniti (razmjeniti), which denotes a completed exchange.

The verb derives from the root menj- (to change) with the prefix raz-, which in this combination indicates reciprocal or distributed action. It follows regular conjugation patterns of verbs ending in -ivati in these languages and appears in a wide range of contexts: commercial bartering, diplomatic or military prisoner exchanges, swapping messages or data, exchanging opinions (razmenjivati mišljenja), and in sports or cultural transactions.

Stylistically, razmenjivati is neutral and used in both formal and colloquial registers. Synonyms include menjati (to change) in some contexts and trgovati (to trade) when commercial exchange is emphasized. Common collocations illustrate typical uses: razmenjivati iskustva (to exchange experiences), razmenjivati informacije (to exchange information), razmenjivati udarce (to trade blows).

Regional orthographic and morphological variants reflect standardization differences among Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian, but the meaning and basic usage remain consistent across these language varieties.