презирати

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prězirati/
  • Hyphenation: пре‧зи‧ра‧ти

Verb

прѐзирати impf (Latin spelling prèzirati)

  1. (transitive) to scorn, despise

Conjugation

Conjugation of презирати
Infinitive: презирати Present verbal adverb: прѐзирӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: прѐзира̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present презирем презиреш презире презиремо презирете презиру
Future Future I презират ћу1
презираћу 		презират ћеш1
презираћеш 		презират ће1
презираће 		презират ћемо1
презираћемо 		презират ћете1
презираћете 		презират ће1
презираће
Future II бу̏де̄м презирао2 бу̏де̄ш презирао2 бу̏де̄ презирао2 бу̏де̄мо презирали2 бу̏де̄те презирали2 бу̏дӯ презирали2
Past Perfect презирао сам2 презирао си2 презирао је2 презирали смо2 презирали сте2 презирали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам презирао2 би̏о си презирао2 би̏о је презирао2 би́ли смо презирали2 би́ли сте презирали2 би́ли су презирали2
Imperfect презирах презираше презираше презирасмо презирасте презираху
Conditional I презирао бих2 презирао би2 презирао би2 презирали бисмо2 презирали бисте2 презирали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих презирао2 би̏о би презирао2 би̏о би презирао2 би́ли бисмо презирали2 би́ли бисте презирали2 би́ли би презирали2
Imperative — презири — презиримо презирите —
Active past participle презирао m / презирала f / презирало n презирали m / презирале f / презирала n
Passive past participle презиран m / презирана f / презирано n презирани m / презиране f / презирана 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

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