затварати

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zatʋǎːrati/
  • Hyphenation: за‧тва‧ра‧ти

Verb

затва́рати impf (Latin spelling zatvárati)

  1. (transitive) to close (down), shut (down)
  2. (transitive) to imprison, detain
  3. (transitive, reflexive) to lock up (in a house, box etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of затварати
Infinitive: затварати Present verbal adverb: затва́рајӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: затва́ра̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present затварам затвараш затвара затварамо затварате затварају
Future Future I затварат ћу1
затвараћу 		затварат ћеш1
затвараћеш 		затварат ће1
затвараће 		затварат ћемо1
затвараћемо 		затварат ћете1
затвараћете 		затварат ће1
затвараће
Future II бу̏де̄м затварао2 бу̏де̄ш затварао2 бу̏де̄ затварао2 бу̏де̄мо затварали2 бу̏де̄те затварали2 бу̏дӯ затварали2
Past Perfect затварао сам2 затварао си2 затварао је2 затварали смо2 затварали сте2 затварали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам затварао2 би̏о си затварао2 би̏о је затварао2 би́ли смо затварали2 би́ли сте затварали2 би́ли су затварали2
Imperfect затварах затвараше затвараше затварасмо затварасте затвараху
Conditional I затварао бих2 затварао би2 затварао би2 затварали бисмо2 затварали бисте2 затварали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих затварао2 би̏о би затварао2 би̏о би затварао2 би́ли бисмо затварали2 би́ли бисте затварали2 би́ли би затварали2
Imperative — затварај — затварајмо затварајте —
Active past participle затварао m / затварала f / затварало n затварали m / затварале f / затварала n
Passive past participle затваран m / затварана f / затварано n затварани m / затваране f / затварана 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

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