savlađivati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saʋlad͡ʑǐːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧vla‧đi‧va‧ti

Verb

savlađívati impf (Cyrillic spelling савлађи́вати)

  1. (transitive) to defeat (opponent, enemy)
  2. (transitive) to overcome, surmount (difficulty, obstacle, fear etc.)
  3. (transitive) to learn, to master (to a high degree of proficiency)
  4. (reflexive) to control oneself, restrain oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of savlađivati
infinitive savlađivati
present verbal adverb savlàđujūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun savlađívānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present savlađujem savlađuješ savlađuje savlađujemo savlađujete savlađuju
future future I savlađivat ću1
savlađivaću
savlađivat ćeš1
savlađivaćeš
savlađivat će1
savlađivaće
savlađivat ćemo1
savlađivaćemo
savlađivat ćete1
savlađivaćete
savlađivat ćē1
savlađivaće
future II bȕdēm savlađivao2 bȕdēš savlađivao2 bȕdē savlađivao2 bȕdēmo savlađivali2 bȕdēte savlađivali2 bȕdū savlađivali2
past perfect savlađivao sam2 savlađivao si2 savlađivao je2 savlađivali smo2 savlađivali ste2 savlađivali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam savlađivao2 bȉo si savlađivao2 bȉo je savlađivao2 bíli smo savlađivali2 bíli ste savlađivali2 bíli su savlađivali2
imperfect savlađivah savlađivaše savlađivaše savlađivasmo savlađivaste savlađivahu
conditional conditional I savlađivao bih2 savlađivao bi2 savlađivao bi2 savlađivali bismo2 savlađivali biste2 savlađivali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih savlađivao2 bȉo bi savlađivao2 bȉo bi savlađivao2 bíli bismo savlađivali2 bíli biste savlađivali2 bíli bi savlađivali2
imperative savlađuj savlađujmo savlađujte
active past participle savlađivao m / savlađivala f / savlađivalo n savlađivali m / savlađivale f / savlađivala n
passive past participle savlađivan m / savlađivana f / savlađivano n savlađivani m / savlađivane f / savlađivana 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

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