prestignuti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• prèstići (alternative infinitive)

Etymology

From pre- +‎ stići.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prěstiɡnuti/
• Hyphenation: pre‧stig‧nu‧ti

Verb

prèstignuti pf (Cyrillic spelling прѐстигнути)

1. (transitive) to outpace, to outdrive, to outstrip, to outdistance, to overtake, to pass (someone or something who/that is ahead)
2. (transitive) to excel, to outdo, to outmatch, to surpass (in success, level of achievement, hierarchy etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of prèstignuti / prèstići

Infinitive: prèstignuti / prèstići		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: prèstignūvši / prèstigāvši		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		prestignem	prestigneš	prestigne	prestignemo	prestignete	prestignu
Future	Future I	prestići ću	prestići ćeš	prestići će	prestići ćemo	prestići ćete	prestići će
	Future II	bȕdēm prestigao/prestignuo2	bȕdēš prestigao/prestignuo2	bȕdē prestigao/prestignuo2	bȕdēmo prestigli/prestignuli2	bȕdēte prestigli/prestignuli2	bȕdū prestigli/prestignuli2
Past	Perfect	prestigao/prestignuo sam2	prestigao/prestignuo si2	prestigao/prestignuo je2	prestigli/prestignuli smo2	prestigli/prestignuli ste2	prestigli/prestignuli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam prestigao/prestignuo2	bȉo si prestigao/prestignuo2	bȉo je prestigao/prestignuo2	bíli smo prestigli/prestignuli2	bíli ste prestigli/prestignuli2	bíli su prestigli/prestignuli2
	Aorist	prestigoh / prestignuh	prestiže / prestignu	prestiže / prestignu	prestigosmo / prestignusmo	prestigoste / prestignuste	prestigoše / prestignuše
Conditional I		prestigao/prestignuo bih2	prestigao/prestignuo bi2	prestigao/prestignuo bi2	prestigli/prestignuli bismo2	prestigli/prestignuli biste2	prestigli/prestignuli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih prestigao/prestignuo2	bȉo bi prestigao/prestignuo2	bȉo bi prestigao/prestignuo2	bíli bismo prestigli/prestignuli2	bíli biste prestigli/prestignuli2	bíli bi prestigli/prestignuli2
Imperative		—	prestigni	—	prestignimo	prestignite	—
Active past participle		prestigao/prestignuo m / prestigla/prestignula f / prestiglo/prestignulo n			prestigli/prestignuli m / prestigle/prestignule f / prestigla/prestignula n
Passive past participle		prestignut m / prestignuta f / prestignuto n			prestignuti m / prestignute f / prestignuta 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.

Related terms

• prèstizati impf

References

• “prestignuti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025