uštedeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• uštédjeti (Ijekavian)

Etymology

From u- +‎ štedeti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uʃtěːdeti/
• Hyphenation: u‧šte‧de‧ti

Verb

uštédeti pf (Cyrillic spelling уште́дети)

1. (transitive) to save, spare

   ušted(j)eli smo mnogo novca ― we saved a lot of money

   tako ćemo m(j)esečno ušted(j)eti 1000 eura ― that way we can save 1000 euros a month

Conjugation

Conjugation of uštedeti

Infinitive: uštedeti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: uštédēvši		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		uštedim	uštediš	uštedi	uštedimo	uštedite	uštede
Future	Future I	uštedet ću1 uštedeću	uštedet ćeš1 uštedećeš	uštedet će1 uštedeće	uštedet ćemo1 uštedećemo	uštedet ćete1 uštedećete	uštedet će1 uštedeće
	Future II	bȕdēm uštedeo2	bȕdēš uštedeo2	bȕdē uštedeo2	bȕdēmo uštedeli2	bȕdēte uštedeli2	bȕdū uštedeli2
Past	Perfect	uštedeo sam2	uštedeo si2	uštedeo je2	uštedeli smo2	uštedeli ste2	uštedeli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam uštedeo2	bȉo si uštedeo2	bȉo je uštedeo2	bíli smo uštedeli2	bíli ste uštedeli2	bíli su uštedeli2
	Aorist	uštedeh	uštede	uštede	uštedesmo	uštedeste	uštedeše
Conditional I		uštedeo bih2	uštedeo bi2	uštedeo bi2	uštedeli bismo2	uštedeli biste2	uštedeli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih uštedeo2	bȉo bi uštedeo2	bȉo bi uštedeo2	bíli bismo uštedeli2	bíli biste uštedeli2	bíli bi uštedeli2
Imperative		—	uštedi	—	uštedimo	uštedite	—
Active past participle		uštedeo m / uštedela f / uštedelo n			uštedeli m / uštedele f / uštedela n
Passive past participle		ušteđen m / ušteđena f / ušteđeno n			ušteđeni m / ušteđene f / ušteđena 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

• ušteđívati impf

References

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