opsovati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

o- +‎ psovati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /opsǒʋati/
  • Hyphenation: o‧pso‧va‧ti

Verb

opsòvati pf (Cyrillic spelling опсо̀вати)

  1. (ambitransitive) to swear
  2. (ambitransitive) to curse

Conjugation

Conjugation of opsovati
infinitive opsovati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb opsòvāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present opsujem opsuješ opsuje opsujemo opsujete opsuju
future future I opsovat ću1
opsovaću
opsovat ćeš1
opsovaćeš
opsovat će1
opsovaće
opsovat ćemo1
opsovaćemo
opsovat ćete1
opsovaćete
opsovat ćē1
opsovaće
future II bȕdēm opsovao2 bȕdēš opsovao2 bȕdē opsovao2 bȕdēmo opsovali2 bȕdēte opsovali2 bȕdū opsovali2
past perfect opsovao sam2 opsovao si2 opsovao je2 opsovali smo2 opsovali ste2 opsovali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam opsovao2 bȉo si opsovao2 bȉo je opsovao2 bíli smo opsovali2 bíli ste opsovali2 bíli su opsovali2
aorist opsovah opsova opsova opsovasmo opsovaste opsovaše
conditional conditional I opsovao bih2 opsovao bi2 opsovao bi2 opsovali bismo2 opsovali biste2 opsovali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih opsovao2 bȉo bi opsovao2 bȉo bi opsovao2 bíli bismo opsovali2 bíli biste opsovali2 bíli bi opsovali2
imperative opsuj opsujmo opsujte
active past participle opsovao m / opsovala f / opsovalo n opsovali m / opsovale f / opsovala n
passive past participle opsovan m / opsovana f / opsovano n opsovani m / opsovane f / opsovana 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

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