ojačati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From o- +‎ jàčati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ojǎt͡ʃati/
  • Hyphenation: o‧ja‧ča‧ti

Verb

ojàčati pf (Cyrillic spelling оја̀чати)

  1. (ambitransitive, reflexive) to strengthen (to make strong or stronger, grow strong or stronger)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ojačati
infinitive ojačati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb ojàčāvši
verbal noun ojačánje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present ojačam ojačaš ojača ojačamo ojačate ojačaju
future future I ojačat ću1
ojačaću
ojačat ćeš1
ojačaćeš
ojačat će1
ojačaće
ojačat ćemo1
ojačaćemo
ojačat ćete1
ojačaćete
ojačat ćē1
ojačaće
future II bȕdēm ojačao2 bȕdēš ojačao2 bȕdē ojačao2 bȕdēmo ojačali2 bȕdēte ojačali2 bȕdū ojačali2
past perfect ojačao sam2 ojačao si2 ojačao je2 ojačali smo2 ojačali ste2 ojačali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam ojačao2 bȉo si ojačao2 bȉo je ojačao2 bíli smo ojačali2 bíli ste ojačali2 bíli su ojačali2
aorist ojačah ojača ojača ojačasmo ojačaste ojačaše
conditional conditional I ojačao bih2 ojačao bi2 ojačao bi2 ojačali bismo2 ojačali biste2 ojačali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih ojačao2 bȉo bi ojačao2 bȉo bi ojačao2 bíli bismo ojačali2 bíli biste ojačali2 bíli bi ojačali2
imperative ojačaj ojačajmo ojačajte
active past participle ojačao m / ojačala f / ojačalo n ojačali m / ojačale f / ojačala n
passive past participle ojačan m / ojačana f / ojačano n ojačani m / ojačane f / ojačana 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.

Further reading

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