špotati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German spotten (“to scoff, jeer”) +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpôtati/
• Hyphenation: špo‧ta‧ti

Verb

špȍtati impf (Cyrillic spelling шпо̏тати)

1. (Kajkavian, Chakavian) to criticize
2. (Kajkavian, Chakavian) to rebuke, reproach

Conjugation

Conjugation of špotati

Infinitive: špotati		Present verbal adverb: špȍtajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: špȍtānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		špotam	špotaš	špota	špotamo	špotate	špotaju
Future	Future I	špotat ću1 špotaću	špotat ćeš1 špotaćeš	špotat će1 špotaće	špotat ćemo1 špotaćemo	špotat ćete1 špotaćete	špotat će1 špotaće
	Future II	bȕdēm špotao2	bȕdēš špotao2	bȕdē špotao2	bȕdēmo špotali2	bȕdēte špotali2	bȕdū špotali2
Past	Perfect	špotao sam2	špotao si2	špotao je2	špotali smo2	špotali ste2	špotali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam špotao2	bȉo si špotao2	bȉo je špotao2	bíli smo špotali2	bíli ste špotali2	bíli su špotali2
	Imperfect	špotah	špotaše	špotaše	špotasmo	špotaste	špotahu
Conditional I		špotao bih2	špotao bi2	špotao bi2	špotali bismo2	špotali biste2	špotali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih špotao2	bȉo bi špotao2	bȉo bi špotao2	bíli bismo špotali2	bíli biste špotali2	bíli bi špotali2
Imperative		—	špotaj	—	špotajmo	špotajte	—
Active past participle		špotao m / špotala f / špotalo n			špotali m / špotale f / špotala n
Passive past participle		špotan m / špotana f / špotano n			špotani m / špotane f / špotana 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.

Synonyms

• kúditi

References

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