poverovati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• pòvjerovati (Ijekavian)

Etymology

From po- +‎ verovati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǒʋeroʋati/
• Hyphenation: po‧ve‧ro‧va‧ti

Verb

pòverovati pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀веровати)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to believe

   teško je pov(j)erovati u to ― it's really hard to believe it

   teško mi je pov(j)erovati u to ― I find that hard to believe

   skoro sam ti pov(j)erovao! ― you almost had me!

Conjugation

Conjugation of poverovati

Infinitive: poverovati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: pòverovāvši		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		poverujem	poveruješ	poveruje	poverujemo	poverujete	poveruju
Future	Future I	poverovat ću1 poverovaću	poverovat ćeš1 poverovaćeš	poverovat će1 poverovaće	poverovat ćemo1 poverovaćemo	poverovat ćete1 poverovaćete	poverovat će1 poverovaće
	Future II	bȕdēm poverovao2	bȕdēš poverovao2	bȕdē poverovao2	bȕdēmo poverovali2	bȕdēte poverovali2	bȕdū poverovali2
Past	Perfect	poverovao sam2	poverovao si2	poverovao je2	poverovali smo2	poverovali ste2	poverovali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam poverovao2	bȉo si poverovao2	bȉo je poverovao2	bíli smo poverovali2	bíli ste poverovali2	bíli su poverovali2
	Aorist	poverovah	poverova	poverova	poverovasmo	poverovaste	poverovaše
Conditional I		poverovao bih2	poverovao bi2	poverovao bi2	poverovali bismo2	poverovali biste2	poverovali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih poverovao2	bȉo bi poverovao2	bȉo bi poverovao2	bíli bismo poverovali2	bíli biste poverovali2	bíli bi poverovali2
Imperative		—	poveruj	—	poverujmo	poverujte	—
Active past participle		poverovao m / poverovala f / poverovalo n			poverovali m / poverovale f / poverovala 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.

References

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