upotrebljavati

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /upotrebʎǎːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: u‧po‧treb‧lja‧va‧ti

Verb

upotrebljávati impf (Cyrillic spelling употребља́вати)

  1. (transitive) to use, utilize

Conjugation

Conjugation of upotrebljavati
Infinitive: upotrebljavati Present verbal adverb: upotrebljávajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: upotrebljávānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present upotrebljavam upotrebljavaš upotrebljava upotrebljavamo upotrebljavate upotrebljavaju
Future Future I upotrebljavat ću1
upotrebljavaću 		upotrebljavat ćeš1
upotrebljavaćeš 		upotrebljavat će1
upotrebljavaće 		upotrebljavat ćemo1
upotrebljavaćemo 		upotrebljavat ćete1
upotrebljavaćete 		upotrebljavat će1
upotrebljavaće
Future II bȕdēm upotrebljavao2 bȕdēš upotrebljavao2 bȕdē upotrebljavao2 bȕdēmo upotrebljavali2 bȕdēte upotrebljavali2 bȕdū upotrebljavali2
Past Perfect upotrebljavao sam2 upotrebljavao si2 upotrebljavao je2 upotrebljavali smo2 upotrebljavali ste2 upotrebljavali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam upotrebljavao2 bȉo si upotrebljavao2 bȉo je upotrebljavao2 bíli smo upotrebljavali2 bíli ste upotrebljavali2 bíli su upotrebljavali2
Imperfect upotrebljavah upotrebljavaše upotrebljavaše upotrebljavasmo upotrebljavaste upotrebljavahu
Conditional I upotrebljavao bih2 upotrebljavao bi2 upotrebljavao bi2 upotrebljavali bismo2 upotrebljavali biste2 upotrebljavali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih upotrebljavao2 bȉo bi upotrebljavao2 bȉo bi upotrebljavao2 bíli bismo upotrebljavali2 bíli biste upotrebljavali2 bíli bi upotrebljavali2
Imperative — upotrebljavaj — upotrebljavajmo upotrebljavajte —
Active past participle upotrebljavao m / upotrebljavala f / upotrebljavalo n upotrebljavali m / upotrebljavale f / upotrebljavala n
Passive past participle upotrebljavan m / upotrebljavana f / upotrebljavano n upotrebljavani m / upotrebljavane f / upotrebljavana 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

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