zajebavati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From zajèbati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zajebǎːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: za‧je‧ba‧va‧ti

Verb

zajebávati impf (Cyrillic spelling зајеба́вати)

  1. (transitive, vulgar) to tease, fuck around, jerk around
    ne zajebavaj me!don't shit me!
    neće me on zajebavatiI won't take any shit from him
  2. (reflexive, vulgar) to joke, jest
  3. (transitive, vulgar, colloquial) to fuck over, dick around

Conjugation

Conjugation of zajebavati
infinitive zajebavati
present verbal adverb zajebávajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun zajebávānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present zajebavam zajebavaš zajebava zajebavamo zajebavate zajebavaju
future future I zajebavat ću1
zajebavaću
zajebavat ćeš1
zajebavaćeš
zajebavat će1
zajebavaće
zajebavat ćemo1
zajebavaćemo
zajebavat ćete1
zajebavaćete
zajebavat ćē1
zajebavaće
future II bȕdēm zajebavao2 bȕdēš zajebavao2 bȕdē zajebavao2 bȕdēmo zajebavali2 bȕdēte zajebavali2 bȕdū zajebavali2
past perfect zajebavao sam2 zajebavao si2 zajebavao je2 zajebavali smo2 zajebavali ste2 zajebavali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam zajebavao2 bȉo si zajebavao2 bȉo je zajebavao2 bíli smo zajebavali2 bíli ste zajebavali2 bíli su zajebavali2
imperfect zajebavah zajebavaše zajebavaše zajebavasmo zajebavaste zajebavahu
conditional conditional I zajebavao bih2 zajebavao bi2 zajebavao bi2 zajebavali bismo2 zajebavali biste2 zajebavali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih zajebavao2 bȉo bi zajebavao2 bȉo bi zajebavao2 bíli bismo zajebavali2 bíli biste zajebavali2 bíli bi zajebavali2
imperative zajebavaj zajebavajmo zajebavajte
active past participle zajebavao m / zajebavala f / zajebavalo n zajebavali m / zajebavale f / zajebavala n
passive past participle zajebavan m / zajebavana f / zajebavano n zajebavani m / zajebavane f / zajebavana 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.

References

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