upaliti

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *upaliti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /upǎːliti/
  • Hyphenation: u‧pa‧li‧ti

Verb

upáliti pf (Cyrillic spelling упа́лити)

  1. (transitive) to set fire to, set on fire, burn, light, ignite
  2. (reflexive) catch fire, go up in flames
  3. (transitive) to turn on (light or electrical device), to switch on, start (a machine)
    Ako se računalo odjednom ugasi, pokušajte ga ponovo upaliti. ― If the computer suddenly turns off, try turning it on again.
  4. (reflexive) to inflame, become inflamed, puff up, swell up
  5. (informal) to work, to work out, to turn out well, come off, succeed
    Nadam se da će nam plan upaliti. ― I hope that our plan will work out.

Conjugation

Conjugation of upaliti
Infinitive: upaliti Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: upálīvši 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 upalim upališ upali upalimo upalite upale
Future Future I upalit ću1
upaliću 		upalit ćeš1
upalićeš 		upalit će1
upaliće 		upalit ćemo1
upalićemo 		upalit ćete1
upalićete 		upalit će1
upaliće
Future II bȕdēm upalio2 bȕdēš upalio2 bȕdē upalio2 bȕdēmo upalili2 bȕdēte upalili2 bȕdū upalili2
Past Perfect upalio sam2 upalio si2 upalio je2 upalili smo2 upalili ste2 upalili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam upalio2 bȉo si upalio2 bȉo je upalio2 bíli smo upalili2 bíli ste upalili2 bíli su upalili2
Aorist upalih upali upali upalismo upaliste upališe
Conditional I upalio bih2 upalio bi2 upalio bi2 upalili bismo2 upalili biste2 upalili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih upalio2 bȉo bi upalio2 bȉo bi upalio2 bíli bismo upalili2 bíli biste upalili2 bíli bi upalili2
Imperative — upali — upalimo upalite —
Active past participle upalio m / upalila f / upalilo n upalili m / upalile f / upalila n
Passive past participle upaljen m / upaljena f / upaljeno n upaljeni m / upaljene f / upaljena 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

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