usporavati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /usporǎːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: u‧spo‧ra‧va‧ti

Verb

usporávati impf (Cyrillic spelling успора́вати)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to slow down

Conjugation

Conjugation of usporavati
infinitive usporavati
present verbal adverb usporávajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present usporavam usporavaš usporava usporavamo usporavate usporavaju
future future I usporavat ću1
usporavaću
usporavat ćeš1
usporavaćeš
usporavat će1
usporavaće
usporavat ćemo1
usporavaćemo
usporavat ćete1
usporavaćete
usporavat ćē1
usporavaće
future II bȕdēm usporavao2 bȕdēš usporavao2 bȕdē usporavao2 bȕdēmo usporavali2 bȕdēte usporavali2 bȕdū usporavali2
past perfect usporavao sam2 usporavao si2 usporavao je2 usporavali smo2 usporavali ste2 usporavali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam usporavao2 bȉo si usporavao2 bȉo je usporavao2 bíli smo usporavali2 bíli ste usporavali2 bíli su usporavali2
imperfect usporavah usporavaše usporavaše usporavasmo usporavaste usporavahu
conditional conditional I usporavao bih2 usporavao bi2 usporavao bi2 usporavali bismo2 usporavali biste2 usporavali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih usporavao2 bȉo bi usporavao2 bȉo bi usporavao2 bíli bismo usporavali2 bíli biste usporavali2 bíli bi usporavali2
imperative usporavaj usporavajmo usporavajte
active past participle usporavao m / usporavala f / usporavalo n usporavali m / usporavale f / usporavala n
passive past participle usporavan m / usporavana f / usporavano n usporavani m / usporavane f / usporavana 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.