šparati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German sparen +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃpǎːrati/
  • Hyphenation: špa‧ra‧ti

Verb

špárati impf (Cyrillic spelling шпа́рати)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to save (store for future use)
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to save, economize

Conjugation

Conjugation of šparati
Infinitive: šparati Present verbal adverb: špárajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: špárānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present šparam šparaš špara šparamo šparate šparaju
Future Future I šparat ću1
šparaću 		šparat ćeš1
šparaćeš 		šparat će1
šparaće 		šparat ćemo1
šparaćemo 		šparat ćete1
šparaćete 		šparat će1
šparaće
Future II bȕdēm šparao2 bȕdēš šparao2 bȕdē šparao2 bȕdēmo šparali2 bȕdēte šparali2 bȕdū šparali2
Past Perfect šparao sam2 šparao si2 šparao je2 šparali smo2 šparali ste2 šparali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam šparao2 bȉo si šparao2 bȉo je šparao2 bíli smo šparali2 bíli ste šparali2 bíli su šparali2
Imperfect šparah šparaše šparaše šparasmo šparaste šparahu
Conditional I šparao bih2 šparao bi2 šparao bi2 šparali bismo2 šparali biste2 šparali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih šparao2 bȉo bi šparao2 bȉo bi šparao2 bíli bismo šparali2 bíli biste šparali2 bíli bi šparali2
Imperative — šparaj — šparajmo šparajte —
Active past participle šparao m / šparala f / šparalo n šparali m / šparale f / šparala n
Passive past participle šparan m / šparana f / šparano n šparani m / šparane f / šparana 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.

Synonyms

References

  • “šparati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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