otpustiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *otъpustiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /otpǔstiti/
• Hyphenation: ot‧pu‧sti‧ti

Verb

otpùstiti pf (Cyrillic spelling отпу̀стити)

1. (transitive) to release
2. (transitive) to loosen, relax
3. (transitive) to fire, dismiss (from job, service or army)

Conjugation

Conjugation of otpustiti

Infinitive: otpustiti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: otpùstīvši		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		otpustim	otpustiš	otpusti	otpustimo	otpustite	otpuste
Future	Future I	otpustit ću1 otpustiću	otpustit ćeš1 otpustićeš	otpustit će1 otpustiće	otpustit ćemo1 otpustićemo	otpustit ćete1 otpustićete	otpustit će1 otpustiće
	Future II	bȕdēm otpustio2	bȕdēš otpustio2	bȕdē otpustio2	bȕdēmo otpustili2	bȕdēte otpustili2	bȕdū otpustili2
Past	Perfect	otpustio sam2	otpustio si2	otpustio je2	otpustili smo2	otpustili ste2	otpustili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam otpustio2	bȉo si otpustio2	bȉo je otpustio2	bíli smo otpustili2	bíli ste otpustili2	bíli su otpustili2
	Aorist	otpustih	otpusti	otpusti	otpustismo	otpustiste	otpustiše
Conditional I		otpustio bih2	otpustio bi2	otpustio bi2	otpustili bismo2	otpustili biste2	otpustili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih otpustio2	bȉo bi otpustio2	bȉo bi otpustio2	bíli bismo otpustili2	bíli biste otpustili2	bíli bi otpustili2
Imperative		—	otpusti	—	otpustimo	otpustite	—
Active past participle		otpustio m / otpustila f / otpustilo n			otpustili m / otpustile f / otpustila n
Passive past participle		otpušten m / otpuštena f / otpušteno n			otpušteni m / otpuštene f / otpuštena 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

• otpúštati impf

Further reading

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