skresati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From s- +‎ kresati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skrěsati/
• Hyphenation: skre‧sa‧ti

Verb

skrèsati pf (Cyrillic spelling скрѐсати)

1. (transitive) to prune, cut, trim
2. (transitive) to reduce, retrench, curtail, decrease

   skresati budžet ― to cut a budget

3. (transitive, with dative) to speak openly and harshly

   Sve sam mu skresao u oči. ― I told him off to his face.

Conjugation

Conjugation of skresati

Infinitive: skresati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: skrèsāvši		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		skrešem	skrešeš	skreše	skrešemo	skrešete	skrešu
Future	Future I	skresat ću1 skresaću	skresat ćeš1 skresaćeš	skresat će1 skresaće	skresat ćemo1 skresaćemo	skresat ćete1 skresaćete	skresat će1 skresaće
	Future II	bȕdēm skresao2	bȕdēš skresao2	bȕdē skresao2	bȕdēmo skresali2	bȕdēte skresali2	bȕdū skresali2
Past	Perfect	skresao sam2	skresao si2	skresao je2	skresali smo2	skresali ste2	skresali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam skresao2	bȉo si skresao2	bȉo je skresao2	bíli smo skresali2	bíli ste skresali2	bíli su skresali2
	Aorist	skresah	skresa	skresa	skresasmo	skresaste	skresaše
Conditional I		skresao bih2	skresao bi2	skresao bi2	skresali bismo2	skresali biste2	skresali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih skresao2	bȉo bi skresao2	bȉo bi skresao2	bíli bismo skresali2	bíli biste skresali2	bíli bi skresali2
Imperative		—	skreši	—	skrešimo	skrešite	—
Active past participle		skresao m / skresala f / skresalo n			skresali m / skresale f / skresala n
Passive past participle		skresan m / skresana f / skresano n			skresani m / skresane f / skresana 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.

References

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