uštedjeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

uštédeti (Ekavian)

Etymology

From u- +‎ štedjeti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uʃtěːdjeti/
Hyphenation: u‧šte‧dje‧ti

Verb

uštédjeti pf (Cyrillic spelling уште́дјети)

(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 uštedjeti

Infinitive: uštedjeti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: uštédjēvši		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	uštedjet ću¹ uštedjeću	uštedjet ćeš¹ uštedjećeš	uštedjet će¹ uštedjeće	uštedjet ćemo¹ uštedjećemo	uštedjet ćete¹ uštedjećete	uštedjet će¹ uštedjeće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm uštedio²	bȕdēš uštedio²	bȕdē uštedio²	bȕdēmo uštedjeli²	bȕdēte uštedjeli²	bȕdū uštedjeli²
Past	Perfect	uštedio sam²	uštedio si²	uštedio je²	uštedjeli smo²	uštedjeli ste²	uštedjeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam uštedio²	bȉo si uštedio²	bȉo je uštedio²	bíli smo uštedjeli²	bíli ste uštedjeli²	bíli su uštedjeli²
	Aorist	uštedjeh	uštedje	uštedje	uštedjesmo	uštedjeste	uštedješe
Conditional I		uštedio bih²	uštedio bi²	uštedio bi²	uštedjeli bismo²	uštedjeli biste²	uštedjeli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih uštedio²	bȉo bi uštedio²	bȉo bi uštedio²	bíli bismo uštedjeli²	bíli biste uštedjeli²	bíli bi uštedjeli²
Imperative		—	uštedi	—	uštedimo	uštedite	—
Active past participle		uštedio m / uštedjela f / uštedjelo n			uštedjeli m / uštedjele f / uštedjela 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
štedionica

References

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