poveriti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

pòvjeriti (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pǒʋeriti/
Hyphenation: po‧ve‧ri‧ti

Verb

pòveriti pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀верити)

(transitive, intransitive) to entrust, confide
(reflexive) to confide in

Conjugation

Conjugation of poveriti

Infinitive: poveriti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: pòverīvši		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		poverim	poveriš	poveri	poverimo	poverite	povere
Future	Future I	poverit ću¹ poveriću	poverit ćeš¹ poverićeš	poverit će¹ poveriće	poverit ćemo¹ poverićemo	poverit ćete¹ poverićete	poverit će¹ poveriće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm poverio²	bȕdēš poverio²	bȕdē poverio²	bȕdēmo poverili²	bȕdēte poverili²	bȕdū poverili²
Past	Perfect	poverio sam²	poverio si²	poverio je²	poverili smo²	poverili ste²	poverili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam poverio²	bȉo si poverio²	bȉo je poverio²	bíli smo poverili²	bíli ste poverili²	bíli su poverili²
	Aorist	poverih	poveri	poveri	poverismo	poveriste	poveriše
Conditional I		poverio bih²	poverio bi²	poverio bi²	poverili bismo²	poverili biste²	poverili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih poverio²	bȉo bi poverio²	bȉo bi poverio²	bíli bismo poverili²	bíli biste poverili²	bíli bi poverili²
Imperative		—	poveri	—	poverimo	poverite	—
Active past participle		poverio m / poverila f / poverilo n			poverili m / poverile f / poverila n
Passive past participle		poveren m / poverena f / povereno n			povereni m / poverene f / poverena 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

poverávati impf

References

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