prevladavati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• prevlađívati

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /preʋladǎːʋati/
• Hyphenation: pre‧vla‧da‧va‧ti

Verb

prevladávati impf (Cyrillic spelling превлада́вати)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of prevladavati

Infinitive: prevladavati		Present verbal adverb: prevladávajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: prevladávānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		prevladavam	prevladavaš	prevladava	prevladavamo	prevladavate	prevladavaju
Future	Future I	prevladavat ću1 prevladavaću	prevladavat ćeš1 prevladavaćeš	prevladavat će1 prevladavaće	prevladavat ćemo1 prevladavaćemo	prevladavat ćete1 prevladavaćete	prevladavat će1 prevladavaće
	Future II	bȕdēm prevladavao2	bȕdēš prevladavao2	bȕdē prevladavao2	bȕdēmo prevladavali2	bȕdēte prevladavali2	bȕdū prevladavali2
Past	Perfect	prevladavao sam2	prevladavao si2	prevladavao je2	prevladavali smo2	prevladavali ste2	prevladavali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam prevladavao2	bȉo si prevladavao2	bȉo je prevladavao2	bíli smo prevladavali2	bíli ste prevladavali2	bíli su prevladavali2
	Imperfect	prevladavah	prevladavaše	prevladavaše	prevladavasmo	prevladavaste	prevladavahu
Conditional I		prevladavao bih2	prevladavao bi2	prevladavao bi2	prevladavali bismo2	prevladavali biste2	prevladavali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih prevladavao2	bȉo bi prevladavao2	bȉo bi prevladavao2	bíli bismo prevladavali2	bíli biste prevladavali2	bíli bi prevladavali2
Imperative		—	prevladavaj	—	prevladavajmo	prevladavajte	—
Active past participle		prevladavao m / prevladavala f / prevladavalo n			prevladavali m / prevladavale f / prevladavala n
Passive past participle		prevladavan m / prevladavana f / prevladavano n			prevladavani m / prevladavane f / prevladavana 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

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