prevladati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pre- +‎ vladati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /preʋlǎːdati/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧vla‧da‧ti

Verb

prevládati pf (Cyrillic spelling превла́дати)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of prevladati
infinitive prevladati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb prevládāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present prevladam prevladaš prevlada prevladamo prevladate prevladaju
future future I prevladat ću1
prevladaću
prevladat ćeš1
prevladaćeš
prevladat će1
prevladaće
prevladat ćemo1
prevladaćemo
prevladat ćete1
prevladaćete
prevladat ćē1
prevladaće
future II bȕdēm prevladao2 bȕdēš prevladao2 bȕdē prevladao2 bȕdēmo prevladali2 bȕdēte prevladali2 bȕdū prevladali2
past perfect prevladao sam2 prevladao si2 prevladao je2 prevladali smo2 prevladali ste2 prevladali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam prevladao2 bȉo si prevladao2 bȉo je prevladao2 bíli smo prevladali2 bíli ste prevladali2 bíli su prevladali2
aorist prevladah prevlada prevlada prevladasmo prevladaste prevladaše
conditional conditional I prevladao bih2 prevladao bi2 prevladao bi2 prevladali bismo2 prevladali biste2 prevladali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih prevladao2 bȉo bi prevladao2 bȉo bi prevladao2 bíli bismo prevladali2 bíli biste prevladali2 bíli bi prevladali2
imperative prevladaj prevladajmo prevladajte
active past participle prevladao m / prevladala f / prevladalo n prevladali m / prevladale f / prevladala n
passive past participle prevladan m / prevladana f / prevladano n prevladani m / prevladane f / prevladana 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

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