savladavati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• savlađívati

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saʋladǎːʋati/
• Hyphenation: sa‧vla‧da‧va‧ti

Verb

savladávati impf (Cyrillic spelling савлада́вати)

1. (transitive) to defeat (opponent, enemy)
2. (transitive) to overcome, surmount (difficulty, obstacle, fear etc.)
3. (transitive) to learn, to master (to a high degree of proficiency)
4. (reflexive) to control oneself, restrain oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of savladavati

Infinitive: savladavati		Present verbal adverb: savladávajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: savladávānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		savladavam	savladavaš	savladava	savladavamo	savladavate	savladavaju
Future	Future I	savladavat ću1 savladavaću	savladavat ćeš1 savladavaćeš	savladavat će1 savladavaće	savladavat ćemo1 savladavaćemo	savladavat ćete1 savladavaćete	savladavat će1 savladavaće
	Future II	bȕdēm savladavao2	bȕdēš savladavao2	bȕdē savladavao2	bȕdēmo savladavali2	bȕdēte savladavali2	bȕdū savladavali2
Past	Perfect	savladavao sam2	savladavao si2	savladavao je2	savladavali smo2	savladavali ste2	savladavali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam savladavao2	bȉo si savladavao2	bȉo je savladavao2	bíli smo savladavali2	bíli ste savladavali2	bíli su savladavali2
	Imperfect	savladavah	savladavaše	savladavaše	savladavasmo	savladavaste	savladavahu
Conditional I		savladavao bih2	savladavao bi2	savladavao bi2	savladavali bismo2	savladavali biste2	savladavali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih savladavao2	bȉo bi savladavao2	bȉo bi savladavao2	bíli bismo savladavali2	bíli biste savladavali2	bíli bi savladavali2
Imperative		—	savladavaj	—	savladavajmo	savladavajte	—
Active past participle		savladavao m / savladavala f / savladavalo n			savladavali m / savladavale f / savladavala n
Passive past participle		savladavan m / savladavana f / savladavano n			savladavani m / savladavane f / savladavana 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

• savládati pf

Further reading

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