ogovarati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From o- + govor, govoriti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oɡoʋǎːrati/
  • Hyphenation: o‧go‧va‧ra‧ti

Verb

ogovárati impf (Cyrillic spelling огова́рати)

  1. (transitive) to badmouth
    ogovarali smo te iza leđawe were badmouthing you behind your back
    kučka je otišla..hajdemo je ogovorati!the bitch is gone..let's trash-talk her!

Conjugation

Conjugation of ogovarati
infinitive ogovarati
present verbal adverb ogovárajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun ogovárānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present ogovaram ogovaraš ogovara ogovaramo ogovarate ogovaraju
future future I ogovarat ću1
ogovaraću
ogovarat ćeš1
ogovaraćeš
ogovarat će1
ogovaraće
ogovarat ćemo1
ogovaraćemo
ogovarat ćete1
ogovaraćete
ogovarat ćē1
ogovaraće
future II bȕdēm ogovarao2 bȕdēš ogovarao2 bȕdē ogovarao2 bȕdēmo ogovarali2 bȕdēte ogovarali2 bȕdū ogovarali2
past perfect ogovarao sam2 ogovarao si2 ogovarao je2 ogovarali smo2 ogovarali ste2 ogovarali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam ogovarao2 bȉo si ogovarao2 bȉo je ogovarao2 bíli smo ogovarali2 bíli ste ogovarali2 bíli su ogovarali2
imperfect ogovarah ogovaraše ogovaraše ogovarasmo ogovaraste ogovarahu
conditional conditional I ogovarao bih2 ogovarao bi2 ogovarao bi2 ogovarali bismo2 ogovarali biste2 ogovarali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih ogovarao2 bȉo bi ogovarao2 bȉo bi ogovarao2 bíli bismo ogovarali2 bíli biste ogovarali2 bíli bi ogovarali2
imperative ogovaraj ogovarajmo ogovarajte
active past participle ogovarao m / ogovarala f / ogovaralo n ogovarali m / ogovarale f / ogovarala n
passive past participle ogovaran m / ogovarana f / ogovarano n ogovarani m / ogovarane f / ogovarana 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.

References

  • ogovarati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025