zaorati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From za- +‎ orati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaǒrati/
  • Hyphenation: za‧o‧ra‧ti

Verb

zaòrati pf (Cyrillic spelling зао̀рати)

  1. (ambitransitive) to start plowing
  2. (ambitransitive) to plow in/up/under
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

Conjugation of zaorati
infinitive zaorati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb zaòrāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present zaorem zaoreš zaore zaoremo zaorete zaoru
future future I zaorat ću1
zaoraću
zaorat ćeš1
zaoraćeš
zaorat će1
zaoraće
zaorat ćemo1
zaoraćemo
zaorat ćete1
zaoraćete
zaorat ćē1
zaoraće
future II bȕdēm zaorao2 bȕdēš zaorao2 bȕdē zaorao2 bȕdēmo zaorali2 bȕdēte zaorali2 bȕdū zaorali2
past perfect zaorao sam2 zaorao si2 zaorao je2 zaorali smo2 zaorali ste2 zaorali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam zaorao2 bȉo si zaorao2 bȉo je zaorao2 bíli smo zaorali2 bíli ste zaorali2 bíli su zaorali2
aorist zaorah zaora zaora zaorasmo zaoraste zaoraše
conditional conditional I zaorao bih2 zaorao bi2 zaorao bi2 zaorali bismo2 zaorali biste2 zaorali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih zaorao2 bȉo bi zaorao2 bȉo bi zaorao2 bíli bismo zaorali2 bíli biste zaorali2 bíli bi zaorali2
imperative zaori zaorimo zaorite
active past participle zaorao m / zaorala f / zaoralo n zaorali m / zaorale f / zaorala n
passive past participle zaoran m / zaorana f / zaorano n zaorani m / zaorane f / zaorana 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

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