zateći

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From za- +‎ teći.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zǎtet͡ɕi/
  • Hyphenation: za‧te‧ći

Verb

zàteći pf (Cyrillic spelling за̀тећи)

  1. (transitive) to come across, come upon, happen to find, find (by chance)
  2. (transitive) to catch in the act, catch red-handed
  3. (transitive) to catch unprepared/unready/off-guard
  4. (reflexive) to find oneself somewhere (at the moment something starts happening, or somebody arrives)
  5. (reflexive, obsolete) to pledge oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of zateći
Infinitive: zateći Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: zàtekāvši 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 zateknem / zatečem zatekneš / zatečeć zatekne / zateče zateknemo / zatečemo zateknete / zatečete zateknu / zateku
Future Future I zateći ću zateći ćeš zateći će zateći ćemo zateći ćete zateći će
Future II bȕdēm zatekao2 bȕdēš zatekao2 bȕdē zatekao2 bȕdēmo zatekli2 bȕdēte zatekli2 bȕdū zatekli2
Past Perfect zatekao sam2 zatekao si2 zatekao je2 zatekli smo2 zatekli ste2 zatekli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam zatekao2 bȉo si zatekao2 bȉo je zatekao2 bíli smo zatekli2 bíli ste zatekli2 bíli su zatekli2
Aorist zatekoh zateče zateče zatekosmo zatekoste zatekoše
Conditional I zatekao bih2 zatekao bi2 zatekao bi2 zatekli bismo2 zatekli biste2 zatekli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih zatekao2 bȉo bi zatekao2 bȉo bi zatekao2 bíli bismo zatekli2 bíli biste zatekli2 bíli bi zatekli2
Imperative — zatekni / zateci — zateknimo / zatecimo zateknite / zatecite —
Active past participle zatekao m / zatekla f / zateklo n zatekli m / zatekle f / zatekla n
Passive past participle zatečen m / zatečena f / zatečeno n zatečeni m / zatečene f / zatečena 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.

References

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