prevlađivati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• prevladávati

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /preʋlad͡ʑǐːʋati/
• Hyphenation: pre‧vla‧đi‧va‧ti

Verb

prevlađívati impf (Cyrillic spelling превлађи́вати)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to prevail over, overcome
2. (intransitive) to spread, gain ground, become prevalent; to predominate

Conjugation

Conjugation of prevlađivati

Infinitive: prevlađivati		Present verbal adverb: prevlàđujūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: prevlađívānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		prevlađujem	prevlađuješ	prevlađuje	prevlađujemo	prevlađujete	prevlađuju
Future	Future I	prevlađivat ću1 prevlađivaću	prevlađivat ćeš1 prevlađivaćeš	prevlađivat će1 prevlađivaće	prevlađivat ćemo1 prevlađivaćemo	prevlađivat ćete1 prevlađivaćete	prevlađivat će1 prevlađivaće
	Future II	bȕdēm prevlađivao2	bȕdēš prevlađivao2	bȕdē prevlađivao2	bȕdēmo prevlađivali2	bȕdēte prevlađivali2	bȕdū prevlađivali2
Past	Perfect	prevlađivao sam2	prevlađivao si2	prevlađivao je2	prevlađivali smo2	prevlađivali ste2	prevlađivali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam prevlađivao2	bȉo si prevlađivao2	bȉo je prevlađivao2	bíli smo prevlađivali2	bíli ste prevlađivali2	bíli su prevlađivali2
	Imperfect	prevlađivah	prevlađivaše	prevlađivaše	prevlađivasmo	prevlađivaste	prevlađivahu
Conditional I		prevlađivao bih2	prevlađivao bi2	prevlađivao bi2	prevlađivali bismo2	prevlađivali biste2	prevlađivali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih prevlađivao2	bȉo bi prevlađivao2	bȉo bi prevlađivao2	bíli bismo prevlađivali2	bíli biste prevlađivali2	bíli bi prevlađivali2
Imperative		—	prevlađuj	—	prevlađujmo	prevlađujte	—
Active past participle		prevlađivao m / prevlađivala f / prevlađivalo n			prevlađivali m / prevlađivale f / prevlađivala 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

• prevládati pf

Further reading

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