zavezati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From za- +‎ vezati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaʋěːzati/
  • Hyphenation: za‧ve‧za‧ti

Verb

zavézati pf (Cyrillic spelling заве́зати)

  1. (transitive) to bind (in a knot), knot
  2. (transitive) to tie, connect, bind (using a string or rope)
  3. (intransitive, colloquial, in imperative) to be quiet, shut up
    Zaveži!Shut up!

Conjugation

Conjugation of zavezati
infinitive zavezati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb zavézāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present zavežem zavežeš zaveže zavežemo zavežete zavežu
future future I zavezat ću1
zavezaću
zavezat ćeš1
zavezaćeš
zavezat će1
zavezaće
zavezat ćemo1
zavezaćemo
zavezat ćete1
zavezaćete
zavezat ćē1
zavezaće
future II bȕdēm zavezao2 bȕdēš zavezao2 bȕdē zavezao2 bȕdēmo zavezali2 bȕdēte zavezali2 bȕdū zavezali2
past perfect zavezao sam2 zavezao si2 zavezao je2 zavezali smo2 zavezali ste2 zavezali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam zavezao2 bȉo si zavezao2 bȉo je zavezao2 bíli smo zavezali2 bíli ste zavezali2 bíli su zavezali2
aorist zavezah zaveza zaveza zavezasmo zavezaste zavezaše
conditional conditional I zavezao bih2 zavezao bi2 zavezao bi2 zavezali bismo2 zavezali biste2 zavezali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih zavezao2 bȉo bi zavezao2 bȉo bi zavezao2 bíli bismo zavezali2 bíli biste zavezali2 bíli bi zavezali2
imperative zaveži zavežimo zavežite
active past participle zavezao m / zavezala f / zavezalo n zavezali m / zavezale f / zavezala n
passive past participle zavezan m / zavezana f / zavezano n zavezani m / zavezane f / zavezana 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

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