zabaviti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zabaviti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zǎbaʋiti/
Hyphenation: za‧ba‧vi‧ti

Verb

zàbaviti pf (Cyrillic spelling за̀бавити)

(transitive, reflexive) to amuse, entertain, have fun
(transitive) to draw, keep somebody's attention
(reflexive) to be occupied with something, to spend or waste some time doing something

Conjugation

Conjugation of *zabaviti*
		singular			plural
infinitive		zabaviti
present verbal adverb		—
past verbal adverb		zàbavīvši
verbal noun		—

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		zabavim	zabaviš	zabavi	zabavimo	zabavite	zabave
future	future I	zabavit ću¹ zabaviću	zabavit ćeš¹ zabavićeš	zabavit će¹ zabaviće	zabavit ćemo¹ zabavićemo	zabavit ćete¹ zabavićete	zabavit ćē¹ zabaviće
future	future II	bȕdēm zabavio²	bȕdēš zabavio²	bȕdē zabavio²	bȕdēmo zabavili²	bȕdēte zabavili²	bȕdū zabavili²
past	perfect	zabavio sam²	zabavio si²	zabavio je²	zabavili smo²	zabavili ste²	zabavili su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam zabavio²	bȉo si zabavio²	bȉo je zabavio²	bíli smo zabavili²	bíli ste zabavili²	bíli su zabavili²
	aorist	zabavih	zabavi	zabavi	zabavismo	zabaviste	zabaviše
conditional	conditional I	zabavio bih²	zabavio bi²	zabavio bi²	zabavili bismo²	zabavili biste²	zabavili bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih zabavio²	bȉo bi zabavio²	bȉo bi zabavio²	bíli bismo zabavili²	bíli biste zabavili²	bíli bi zabavili²
imperative		—	zabavi	—	zabavimo	zabavite	—
active past participle		zabavio m / zabavila f / zabavilo n			zabavili m / zabavile f / zabavila n
passive past participle		zabavljen m / zabavljena f / zabavljeno n			zabavljeni m / zabavljene f / zabavljena 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.

Related terms

zàbavljati impf