sprečavati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spret͡ʃǎːʋati/
Hyphenation: spre‧ča‧va‧ti

Verb

sprečávati impf (Cyrillic spelling спреча́вати)

(transitive) to prevent
(transitive) to avert
(transitive) to thwart

Conjugation

Conjugation of sprečavati

Infinitive: sprečavati		Present verbal adverb: sprečávajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: sprečávānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		sprečavam	sprečavaš	sprečava	sprečavamo	sprečavate	sprečavaju
Future	Future I	sprečavat ću¹ sprečavaću	sprečavat ćeš¹ sprečavaćeš	sprečavat će¹ sprečavaće	sprečavat ćemo¹ sprečavaćemo	sprečavat ćete¹ sprečavaćete	sprečavat će¹ sprečavaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm sprečavao²	bȕdēš sprečavao²	bȕdē sprečavao²	bȕdēmo sprečavali²	bȕdēte sprečavali²	bȕdū sprečavali²
Past	Perfect	sprečavao sam²	sprečavao si²	sprečavao je²	sprečavali smo²	sprečavali ste²	sprečavali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam sprečavao²	bȉo si sprečavao²	bȉo je sprečavao²	bíli smo sprečavali²	bíli ste sprečavali²	bíli su sprečavali²
	Imperfect	sprečavah	sprečavaše	sprečavaše	sprečavasmo	sprečavaste	sprečavahu
Conditional I		sprečavao bih²	sprečavao bi²	sprečavao bi²	sprečavali bismo²	sprečavali biste²	sprečavali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih sprečavao²	bȉo bi sprečavao²	bȉo bi sprečavao²	bíli bismo sprečavali²	bíli biste sprečavali²	bíli bi sprečavali²
Imperative		—	sprečavaj	—	sprečavajmo	sprečavajte	—
Active past participle		sprečavao m / sprečavala f / sprečavalo n			sprečavali m / sprečavale f / sprečavala n
Passive past participle		sprečavan m / sprečavana f / sprečavano n			sprečavani m / sprečavane f / sprečavana n
¹ Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. ² For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively. ³ Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. ⁴ Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Related terms

sprijéčiti / spréčiti pf

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