pojačati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- +‎ jačati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pojǎt͡ʃati/
  • Hyphenation: po‧ja‧ča‧ti

Verb

pojàčati pf (Cyrillic spelling поја̀чати)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to strengthen, reinforce
  2. (transitive, reflexive) to intensify, amplify
  3. (ambitransitive) to turn up (music, radio etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of pojačati
infinitive pojačati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb pojàčāvši
verbal noun pojačánje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present pojačam pojačaš pojača pojačamo pojačate pojačaju
future future I pojačat ću1
pojačaću
pojačat ćeš1
pojačaćeš
pojačat će1
pojačaće
pojačat ćemo1
pojačaćemo
pojačat ćete1
pojačaćete
pojačat ćē1
pojačaće
future II bȕdēm pojačao2 bȕdēš pojačao2 bȕdē pojačao2 bȕdēmo pojačali2 bȕdēte pojačali2 bȕdū pojačali2
past perfect pojačao sam2 pojačao si2 pojačao je2 pojačali smo2 pojačali ste2 pojačali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam pojačao2 bȉo si pojačao2 bȉo je pojačao2 bíli smo pojačali2 bíli ste pojačali2 bíli su pojačali2
aorist pojačah pojača pojača pojačasmo pojačaste pojačaše
conditional conditional I pojačao bih2 pojačao bi2 pojačao bi2 pojačali bismo2 pojačali biste2 pojačali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih pojačao2 bȉo bi pojačao2 bȉo bi pojačao2 bíli bismo pojačali2 bíli biste pojačali2 bíli bi pojačali2
imperative pojačaj pojačajmo pojačajte
active past participle pojačao m / pojačala f / pojačalo n pojačali m / pojačale f / pojačala n
passive past participle pojačan m / pojačana f / pojačano n pojačani m / pojačane f / pojačana 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

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