poveriti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒʋeriti/
  • Hyphenation: po‧ve‧ri‧ti

Verb

pòveriti pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀верити)

  1. (ambitransitive) to entrust, confide
  2. (reflexive) to confide in

Conjugation

Conjugation of poveriti
infinitive poveriti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb pòverīvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present poverim poveriš poveri poverimo poverite povere
future future I poverit ću1
poveriću
poverit ćeš1
poverićeš
poverit će1
poveriće
poverit ćemo1
poverićemo
poverit ćete1
poverićete
poverit ćē1
poveriće
future II bȕdēm poverio2 bȕdēš poverio2 bȕdē poverio2 bȕdēmo poverili2 bȕdēte poverili2 bȕdū poverili2
past perfect poverio sam2 poverio si2 poverio je2 poverili smo2 poverili ste2 poverili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam poverio2 bȉo si poverio2 bȉo je poverio2 bíli smo poverili2 bíli ste poverili2 bíli su poverili2
aorist poverih poveri poveri poverismo poveriste poveriše
conditional conditional I poverio bih2 poverio bi2 poverio bi2 poverili bismo2 poverili biste2 poverili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih poverio2 bȉo bi poverio2 bȉo bi poverio2 bíli bismo poverili2 bíli biste poverili2 bíli bi poverili2
imperative poveri poverimo poverite
active past participle poverio m / poverila f / poverilo n poverili m / poverile f / poverila n
passive past participle poveren m / poverena f / povereno n povereni m / poverene f / poverena 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

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