zaboraviti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From za- +‎ boraviti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zabǒraʋiti/
  • Hyphenation: za‧bo‧ra‧vi‧ti

Verb

zabòraviti pf (Cyrillic spelling забо̀равити)

  1. (ambitransitive) to forget
    (with accusative) Zaboravio sam novac.I forgot the money.
    (with na + accusative) Zaboravi na to!Forget it!
    (with infinitive) Zaboravio je to spomenuti.He forgot to mention it.
    (with da + subordinate clause) Nemoj da zaboraviš da zatvoriš kapiju!Don't forget to lock the gate!
    (with embedded question) Nemoj zaboraviti s kim pričaš!Don't forget who you are talking to!

Conjugation

Conjugation of zaboraviti
infinitive zaboraviti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb zabòravīvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present zaboravim zaboraviš zaboravi zaboravimo zaboravite zaborave
future future I zaboravit ću1
zaboraviću
zaboravit ćeš1
zaboravićeš
zaboravit će1
zaboraviće
zaboravit ćemo1
zaboravićemo
zaboravit ćete1
zaboravićete
zaboravit ćē1
zaboraviće
future II bȕdēm zaboravio2 bȕdēš zaboravio2 bȕdē zaboravio2 bȕdēmo zaboravili2 bȕdēte zaboravili2 bȕdū zaboravili2
past perfect zaboravio sam2 zaboravio si2 zaboravio je2 zaboravili smo2 zaboravili ste2 zaboravili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam zaboravio2 bȉo si zaboravio2 bȉo je zaboravio2 bíli smo zaboravili2 bíli ste zaboravili2 bíli su zaboravili2
aorist zaboravih zaboravi zaboravi zaboravismo zaboraviste zaboraviše
conditional conditional I zaboravio bih2 zaboravio bi2 zaboravio bi2 zaboravili bismo2 zaboravili biste2 zaboravili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih zaboravio2 bȉo bi zaboravio2 bȉo bi zaboravio2 bíli bismo zaboravili2 bíli biste zaboravili2 bíli bi zaboravili2
imperative zaboravi zaboravimo zaboravite
active past participle zaboravio m / zaboravila f / zaboravilo n zaboravili m / zaboravile f / zaboravila n
passive past participle zaboravljen m / zaboravljena f / zaboravljeno n zaboravljeni m / zaboravljene f / zaboravljena 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

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