povjerovati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

pòverovati (Ekavian)

Etymology

From po- +‎ vjerovati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pǒʋjeroʋati/
Hyphenation: po‧vje‧ro‧va‧ti

Verb

pòvjerovati pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀вјеровати)

(transitive, intransitive) to come to believe, trust (povjerovati u + [accusative], or povjerovati + [dative])
teško je povjerovati u to ― it's really hard to believe it

teško mi je povjerovati u to ― I find that hard to believe

skoro sam ti povjerovao! ― you almost had me!

Conjugation

Conjugation of povjerovati

Infinitive: povjerovati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: pòvjerovāvši		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		pòvjerujēm	pòvjerujēš	pòvjerujē	pòvjerujēmo	pòvjerujēte	pòvjerujū
Future	Future I	pòvjerovat ću¹ pòvjerovaću	pòvjerovat ćeš¹ pòvjerovaćeš	pòvjerovat će¹ pòvjerovaće	pòvjerovat ćemo¹ pòvjerovaćemo	pòvjerovat ćete¹ pòvjerovaćete	pòvjerovat će¹ pòvjerovaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm pòvjerovao²	bȕdēš pòvjerovao²	bȕdē pòvjerovao²	bȕdēmo pòvjerovali²	bȕdēte pòvjerovali²	bȕdū pòvjerovali²
Past	Perfect	pòvjerovao sam²	pòvjerovao si²	pòvjerovao je²	pòvjerovali smo²	pòvjerovali ste²	pòvjerovali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam pòvjerovao²	bȉo si pòvjerovao²	bȉo je pòvjerovao²	bíli smo pòvjerovali²	bíli ste pòvjerovali²	bíli su pòvjerovali²
	Aorist	pòvjerovah	pȍvjerovā	pȍvjerovā	pòvjerovasmo	pòvjerovaste	pòvjerovaše
Conditional I		pòvjerovao bih²	pòvjerovao bi²	pòvjerovao bi²	pòvjerovali bismo²	pòvjerovali biste²	pòvjerovali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih pòvjerovao²	bȉo bi pòvjerovao²	bȉo bi pòvjerovao²	bíli bismo pòvjerovali²	bíli biste pòvjerovali²	bíli bi pòvjerovali²
Imperative		—	pòvjerūj	—	pòvjerūjmo	pòvjerūjte	—
Active past participle		pòvjerovao m / pòvjerovala f / pòvjerovalo n			pòvjerovali m / pòvjerovale f / pòvjerovala 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.

Daničić (1925:194-195 (Акценти у глагола §84.)) has original length in active past participle: pòvjerovāl-a/-o/etc. Other sources provide forms with shortened -a-. Cf. vjerovati.

Related terms

vjerovati impf

References

“povjerovati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Даничић, Ђуро (1925) Милан Решетар, editor, Српски акценти‎^[1], Београд-Земун: Српска краљевска академија