zbližavati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From zblížiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zbliʒǎːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: zbli‧ža‧va‧ti

Verb

zbližávati impf (Cyrillic spelling зближа́вати)

  1. imperfective form of zblížiti

Conjugation

Conjugation of zbližavati
infinitive zbližavati
present verbal adverb zbližávajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun zbližávānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present zbližavam zbližavaš zbližava zbližavamo zbližavate zbližavaju
future future I zbližavat ću1
zbližavaću
zbližavat ćeš1
zbližavaćeš
zbližavat će1
zbližavaće
zbližavat ćemo1
zbližavaćemo
zbližavat ćete1
zbližavaćete
zbližavat ćē1
zbližavaće
future II bȕdēm zbližavao2 bȕdēš zbližavao2 bȕdē zbližavao2 bȕdēmo zbližavali2 bȕdēte zbližavali2 bȕdū zbližavali2
past perfect zbližavao sam2 zbližavao si2 zbližavao je2 zbližavali smo2 zbližavali ste2 zbližavali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam zbližavao2 bȉo si zbližavao2 bȉo je zbližavao2 bíli smo zbližavali2 bíli ste zbližavali2 bíli su zbližavali2
imperfect zbližavah zbližavaše zbližavaše zbližavasmo zbližavaste zbližavahu
conditional conditional I zbližavao bih2 zbližavao bi2 zbližavao bi2 zbližavali bismo2 zbližavali biste2 zbližavali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih zbližavao2 bȉo bi zbližavao2 bȉo bi zbližavao2 bíli bismo zbližavali2 bíli biste zbližavali2 bíli bi zbližavali2
imperative zbližavaj zbližavajmo zbližavajte
active past participle zbližavao m / zbližavala f / zbližavalo n zbližavali m / zbližavale f / zbližavala n
passive past participle zbližavan m / zbližavana f / zbližavano n zbližavani m / zbližavane f / zbližavana 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

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