западати

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zǎpadati/
  • Hyphenation: за‧па‧да‧ти

Verb

за̀падати impf (Latin spelling zàpadati)

  1. (intransitive) to set (of Sun)
  2. (intransitive) to fall (of snow)
  3. (ambitransitive) to fall into, get into (difficulty, unfavorable situation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of западати
infinitive западати
present verbal adverb за̀падајӯћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun за̀пада̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present западам западаш запада западамо западате западају
future future I западат ћу1
западаћу
западат ћеш1
западаћеш
западат ће1
западаће
западат ћемо1
западаћемо
западат ћете1
западаћете
западат ћē1
западаће
future II бу̏де̄м западао2 бу̏де̄ш западао2 бу̏де̄ западао2 бу̏де̄мо западали2 бу̏де̄те западали2 бу̏дӯ западали2
past perfect западао сам2 западао си2 западао је2 западали смо2 западали сте2 западали су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам западао2 би̏о си западао2 би̏о је западао2 би́ли смо западали2 би́ли сте западали2 би́ли су западали2
imperfect западах западаше западаше западасмо западасте западаху
conditional conditional I западао бих2 западао би2 западао би2 западали бисмо2 западали бисте2 западали би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих западао2 би̏о би западао2 би̏о би западао2 би́ли бисмо западали2 би́ли бисте западали2 би́ли би западали2
imperative западај западајмо западајте
active past participle западао m / западала f / западало n западали m / западале f / западала 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

  • западати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025