preoteti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pre- +‎ oteti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /preǒteːti/
• Hyphenation: pre‧o‧te‧ti

Verb

preòtēti pf (Cyrillic spelling прео̀те̄ти)

1. (transitive) to kidnap back, to take back what was kidnapped from oneself.
2. (transitive) to hijack (forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination)

Conjugation

Conjugation of preoteti

Infinitive: preoteti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: preòtēvši		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		preotmem	preotmeš	preotme	preotmemo	preotmete	preotmu
Future	Future I	preotet ću1 preoteću	preotet ćeš1 preotećeš	preotet će1 preoteće	preotet ćemo1 preotećemo	preotet ćete1 preotećete	preotet će1 preoteće
	Future II	bȕdēm preoteo2	bȕdēš preoteo2	bȕdē preoteo2	bȕdēmo preoteli2	bȕdēte preoteli2	bȕdū preoteli2
Past	Perfect	preoteo sam2	preoteo si2	preoteo je2	preoteli smo2	preoteli ste2	preoteli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam preoteo2	bȉo si preoteo2	bȉo je preoteo2	bíli smo preoteli2	bíli ste preoteli2	bíli su preoteli2
	Aorist	preoteh	preote	preote	preotesmo	preoteste	preoteše
Conditional I		preoteo bih2	preoteo bi2	preoteo bi2	preoteli bismo2	preoteli biste2	preoteli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih preoteo2	bȉo bi preoteo2	bȉo bi preoteo2	bíli bismo preoteli2	bíli biste preoteli2	bíli bi preoteli2
Imperative		—	preotmi	—	preotmimo	preotmite	—
Active past participle		preoteo m / preotela f / preotelo n			preoteli m / preotele f / preotela n
Passive past participle		preotet m / preoteta f / preoteto n			preoteti m / preotete f / preoteta 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

• preòtimati impf

Further reading

• “preoteti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024