špotati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German spotten (“to scoff, jeer”) +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃpôtati/
  • Hyphenation: špo‧ta‧ti

Verb

špȍtati impf (Cyrillic spelling шпо̏тати)

  1. (Kajkavian, Chakavian) to criticize
  2. (Kajkavian, Chakavian) to rebuke, reproach

Conjugation

Conjugation of špotati
Infinitive: špotati Present verbal adverb: špȍtajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: špȍtānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present špotam špotaš špota špotamo špotate špotaju
Future Future I špotat ću1
špotaću 		špotat ćeš1
špotaćeš 		špotat će1
špotaće 		špotat ćemo1
špotaćemo 		špotat ćete1
špotaćete 		špotat će1
špotaće
Future II bȕdēm špotao2 bȕdēš špotao2 bȕdē špotao2 bȕdēmo špotali2 bȕdēte špotali2 bȕdū špotali2
Past Perfect špotao sam2 špotao si2 špotao je2 špotali smo2 špotali ste2 špotali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam špotao2 bȉo si špotao2 bȉo je špotao2 bíli smo špotali2 bíli ste špotali2 bíli su špotali2
Imperfect špotah špotaše špotaše špotasmo špotaste špotahu
Conditional I špotao bih2 špotao bi2 špotao bi2 špotali bismo2 špotali biste2 špotali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih špotao2 bȉo bi špotao2 bȉo bi špotao2 bíli bismo špotali2 bíli biste špotali2 bíli bi špotali2
Imperative — špotaj — špotajmo špotajte —
Active past participle špotao m / špotala f / špotalo n špotali m / špotale f / špotala n
Passive past participle špotan m / špotana f / špotano n špotani m / špotane f / špotana 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

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