povedati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • poviedati

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pověděti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɔˈveːdati]
  • Hyphenation: po‧ve‧da‧ti

Verb

povẹ̃dati pf (Cyrillic spelling повẹ̃дати)

  1. (Kajkavian) to say, to tell
    Synonyms: reći, kazati
    • 1927, Dragutin Domjanić, Škrlačec na vuho:
      Al kojoj najrajše
      Bi štel da povem,
      Baš toj niti reči
      Povedat ne smem.
      But one that I'd most gladly
      want to tell,
      precisely to her I can't
      say a single word.