zavladati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From za- +‎ vladati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaʋlǎːdati/
  • Hyphenation: za‧vla‧da‧ti

Verb

zavládati pf (Cyrillic spelling завла́дати)

  1. (intransitive) to take over or establish the rule or reign of (+ instrumental)
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to become prevalent or dominant; to take over, dominate (silence, fear, weather, fashion etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of zavladati
infinitive zavladati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb zavládāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present zavladam zavladaš zavlada zavladamo zavladate zavladaju
future future I zavladat ću1
zavladaću
zavladat ćeš1
zavladaćeš
zavladat će1
zavladaće
zavladat ćemo1
zavladaćemo
zavladat ćete1
zavladaćete
zavladat ćē1
zavladaće
future II bȕdēm zavladao2 bȕdēš zavladao2 bȕdē zavladao2 bȕdēmo zavladali2 bȕdēte zavladali2 bȕdū zavladali2
past perfect zavladao sam2 zavladao si2 zavladao je2 zavladali smo2 zavladali ste2 zavladali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam zavladao2 bȉo si zavladao2 bȉo je zavladao2 bíli smo zavladali2 bíli ste zavladali2 bíli su zavladali2
aorist zavladah zavlada zavlada zavladasmo zavladaste zavladaše
conditional conditional I zavladao bih2 zavladao bi2 zavladao bi2 zavladali bismo2 zavladali biste2 zavladali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih zavladao2 bȉo bi zavladao2 bȉo bi zavladao2 bíli bismo zavladali2 bíli biste zavladali2 bíli bi zavladali2
imperative zavladaj zavladajmo zavladajte
active past participle zavladao m / zavladala f / zavladalo n zavladali m / zavladale f / zavladala 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

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