adventurous

adventurous
adj (#ly [adv]) = pustolovan; poduzetan; odvažan; srčan; riskantan; opasan
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avanturistički
hrabar
odvažan
opasan
poduzetan
pustolovan

English-Croatian dictionary. 2013.

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