zahvaćati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

zàhvatati

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zǎxʋat͡ɕati/
Hyphenation: za‧hva‧ća‧ti

Verb

zàhvaćati impf (Cyrillic spelling за̀хваћати)

(transitive) to seize, grab, grip, grasp
(transitive) to scoop
(transitive) to tackle, treat (problem)
(transitive) to engulf, extend, affect
(transitive) to overcome, seize

Conjugation

Conjugation of *zahvaćati*
		singular			plural
infinitive		zahvaćati
present verbal adverb		zàhvaćajūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		zàhvaćānje

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		zahvaćam	zahvaćaš	zahvaća	zahvaćamo	zahvaćate	zahvaćaju
future	future I	zahvaćat ću¹ zahvaćaću	zahvaćat ćeš¹ zahvaćaćeš	zahvaćat će¹ zahvaćaće	zahvaćat ćemo¹ zahvaćaćemo	zahvaćat ćete¹ zahvaćaćete	zahvaćat ćē¹ zahvaćaće
future	future II	bȕdēm zahvaćao²	bȕdēš zahvaćao²	bȕdē zahvaćao²	bȕdēmo zahvaćali²	bȕdēte zahvaćali²	bȕdū zahvaćali²
past	perfect	zahvaćao sam²	zahvaćao si²	zahvaćao je²	zahvaćali smo²	zahvaćali ste²	zahvaćali su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam zahvaćao²	bȉo si zahvaćao²	bȉo je zahvaćao²	bíli smo zahvaćali²	bíli ste zahvaćali²	bíli su zahvaćali²
	imperfect	zahvaćah	zahvaćaše	zahvaćaše	zahvaćasmo	zahvaćaste	zahvaćahu
conditional	conditional I	zahvaćao bih²	zahvaćao bi²	zahvaćao bi²	zahvaćali bismo²	zahvaćali biste²	zahvaćali bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih zahvaćao²	bȉo bi zahvaćao²	bȉo bi zahvaćao²	bíli bismo zahvaćali²	bíli biste zahvaćali²	bíli bi zahvaćali²
imperative		—	zahvaćaj	—	zahvaćajmo	zahvaćajte	—
active past participle		zahvaćao m / zahvaćala f / zahvaćalo n			zahvaćali m / zahvaćale f / zahvaćala n
passive past participle		zahvaćan m / zahvaćana f / zahvaćano n			zahvaćani m / zahvaćane f / zahvaćana 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

zàhvatiti pf