opuštati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From o- +‎ puštati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /opǔːʃtati/
• Hyphenation: o‧pu‧šta‧ti

Verb

opúštati impf (Cyrillic spelling опу́штати)

1. (transitive) to relax, loosen
2. (reflexive) to relax

Conjugation

Conjugation of opuštati

Infinitive: opuštati		Present verbal adverb: opúštajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: opúštānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		opuštam	opuštaš	opušta	opuštamo	opuštate	opuštaju
Future	Future I	opuštat ću1 opuštaću	opuštat ćeš1 opuštaćeš	opuštat će1 opuštaće	opuštat ćemo1 opuštaćemo	opuštat ćete1 opuštaćete	opuštat će1 opuštaće
	Future II	bȕdēm opuštao2	bȕdēš opuštao2	bȕdē opuštao2	bȕdēmo opuštali2	bȕdēte opuštali2	bȕdū opuštali2
Past	Perfect	opuštao sam2	opuštao si2	opuštao je2	opuštali smo2	opuštali ste2	opuštali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam opuštao2	bȉo si opuštao2	bȉo je opuštao2	bíli smo opuštali2	bíli ste opuštali2	bíli su opuštali2
	Imperfect	opuštah	opuštaše	opuštaše	opuštasmo	opuštaste	opuštahu
Conditional I		opuštao bih2	opuštao bi2	opuštao bi2	opuštali bismo2	opuštali biste2	opuštali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih opuštao2	bȉo bi opuštao2	bȉo bi opuštao2	bíli bismo opuštali2	bíli biste opuštali2	bíli bi opuštali2
Imperative		—	opuštaj	—	opuštajmo	opuštajte	—
Active past participle		opuštao m / opuštala f / opuštalo n			opuštali m / opuštale f / opuštala 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.

Related terms

• opùstiti pf

Further reading

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