zavesti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

See zavòditi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zǎʋesti/
  • Hyphenation: za‧ves‧ti

Verb

zàvesti pf (Cyrillic spelling за̀вести)

  1. (transitive) to seduce
  2. (transitive) to mislead
  3. (transitive) to file (in books)

Conjugation

Conjugation of zavesti
infinitive zavesti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb zàvēvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present zavedem zavedeš zavede zavedemo zavedete zavedu
future future I zavest ću1
zavešću
zavest ćeš1
zavešćeš
zavest će1
zavešće
zavest ćemo1
zavešćemo
zavest ćete1
zavešćete
zavest ćē1
zavešće
future II bȕdēm zaveo2 bȕdēš zaveo2 bȕdē zaveo2 bȕdēmo zaveli2 bȕdēte zaveli2 bȕdū zaveli2
past perfect zaveo sam2 zaveo si2 zaveo je2 zaveli smo2 zaveli ste2 zaveli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam zaveo2 bȉo si zaveo2 bȉo je zaveo2 bíli smo zaveli2 bíli ste zaveli2 bíli su zaveli2
aorist zavedoh zavede zavede zavedosmo zavedoste zavedoše
conditional conditional I zaveo bih2 zaveo bi2 zaveo bi2 zaveli bismo2 zaveli biste2 zaveli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih zaveo2 bȉo bi zaveo2 bȉo bi zaveo2 bíli bismo zaveli2 bíli biste zaveli2 bíli bi zaveli2
imperative zavedi zavedimo zavedite
active past participle zaveo m / zavela f / zavelo n zaveli m / zavele f / zavela n
passive past participle zaveden m / zavedena f / zavedeno n zavedeni m / zavedene f / zavedena 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

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