prevlađivati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /preʋlad͡ʑǐːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧vla‧đi‧va‧ti

Verb

prevlađívati impf (Cyrillic spelling превлађи́вати)

  1. (ambitransitive) to prevail over, overcome
  2. (intransitive) to spread, gain ground, become prevalent; to predominate

Conjugation

Conjugation of prevlađivati
infinitive prevlađivati
present verbal adverb prevlàđujūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun prevlađívānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present prevlađujem prevlađuješ prevlađuje prevlađujemo prevlađujete prevlađuju
future future I prevlađivat ću1
prevlađivaću
prevlađivat ćeš1
prevlađivaćeš
prevlađivat će1
prevlađivaće
prevlađivat ćemo1
prevlađivaćemo
prevlađivat ćete1
prevlađivaćete
prevlađivat ćē1
prevlađivaće
future II bȕdēm prevlađivao2 bȕdēš prevlađivao2 bȕdē prevlađivao2 bȕdēmo prevlađivali2 bȕdēte prevlađivali2 bȕdū prevlađivali2
past perfect prevlađivao sam2 prevlađivao si2 prevlađivao je2 prevlađivali smo2 prevlađivali ste2 prevlađivali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam prevlađivao2 bȉo si prevlađivao2 bȉo je prevlađivao2 bíli smo prevlađivali2 bíli ste prevlađivali2 bíli su prevlađivali2
imperfect prevlađivah prevlađivaše prevlađivaše prevlađivasmo prevlađivaste prevlađivahu
conditional conditional I prevlađivao bih2 prevlađivao bi2 prevlađivao bi2 prevlađivali bismo2 prevlađivali biste2 prevlađivali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih prevlađivao2 bȉo bi prevlađivao2 bȉo bi prevlađivao2 bíli bismo prevlađivali2 bíli biste prevlađivali2 bíli bi prevlađivali2
imperative prevlađuj prevlađujmo prevlađujte
active past participle prevlađivao m / prevlađivala f / prevlađivalo n prevlađivali m / prevlađivale f / prevlađivala 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

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