preći

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See also: preci and přeci

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pre (“before”) + ìći (“go”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prêːt͡ɕi/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧ći

Verb

prȇći pf (Cyrillic spelling пре̑ћи)

  1. (transitive) to cross, get across, get over, go over
    pr(ij)eći ulicu ― to cross the street
    prijeći Rubikon - cross the Rubicon
  2. (transitive) to exceed, cross, go over, surpass
  3. (transitive) to go over, glance through, browse (by reading, usually quickly)
  4. (transitive) to turn into, transform, go
  5. (transitive) to get onto, move on
  6. (transitive, colloquial) to trick, deceive, to cross someone
    Prešao si me! ― You fooled me!
  7. (intransitive) to paint, cover, smear with (+ instrumental)
    pr(ij)eći bojom ― to paint with colour

Conjugation

Conjugation of preći
Infinitive: preći Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: prȅšāvši Verbal noun: —
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present pređem pređeš pređe pređemo pređete pređu
Future Future I preći ću preći ćeš preći će preći ćemo preći ćete preći će
Future II bȕdēm prešao2 bȕdēš prešao2 bȕdē prešao2 bȕdēmo prešli2 bȕdēte prešli2 bȕdū prešli2
Past Perfect prešao sam2 prešao si2 prešao je2 prešli smo2 prešli ste2 prešli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam prešao2 bȉo si prešao2 bȉo je prešao2 bíli smo prešli2 bíli ste prešli2 bíli su prešli2
Aorist pređoh pređe pređe pređosmo pređoste pređoše
Conditional I prešao bih2 prešao bi2 prešao bi2 prešli bismo2 prešli biste2 prešli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih prešao2 bȉo bi prešao2 bȉo bi prešao2 bíli bismo prešli2 bíli biste prešli2 bíli bi prešli2
Imperative — pređi — pređimo pređite —
Active past participle prešao m / prešla f / prešlo n prešli m / prešle f / prešla n
Passive past participle pređen m / pređena f / pređeno n pređeni m / pređene f / pređena 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.

Derived terms

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