uspeti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• ùspjeti (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǔspeti/
• Hyphenation: us‧pe‧ti

Verb

ùspeti pf (Cyrillic spelling у̀спети)

1. (intransitive) to succeed, make good
2. (intransitive) to manage, pull off, achieve
3. (intransitive) to pan out, thrive, come through

Conjugation

Conjugation of uspeti

infinitive		uspeti
present verbal adverb		—
past verbal adverb		ùspēvši
verbal noun		—
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		uspem	uspeš	uspe	uspemo	uspete	uspeju
future	future I	uspet ću1 uspeću	uspet ćeš1 uspećeš	uspet će1 uspeće	uspet ćemo1 uspećemo	uspet ćete1 uspećete	uspet ćē1 uspeće
	future II	bȕdēm uspeo2	bȕdēš uspeo2	bȕdē uspeo2	bȕdēmo uspeli2	bȕdēte uspeli2	bȕdū uspeli2
past	perfect	uspeo sam2	uspeo si2	uspeo je2	uspeli smo2	uspeli ste2	uspeli su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam uspeo2	bȉo si uspeo2	bȉo je uspeo2	bíli smo uspeli2	bíli ste uspeli2	bíli su uspeli2
	aorist	uspeh	uspe	uspe	uspesmo	uspeste	uspeše
conditional	conditional I	uspeo bih2	uspeo bi2	uspeo bi2	uspeli bismo2	uspeli biste2	uspeli bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih uspeo2	bȉo bi uspeo2	bȉo bi uspeo2	bíli bismo uspeli2	bíli biste uspeli2	bíli bi uspeli2
imperative		—	uspij	—	uspijmo	uspijte	—
active past participle		uspeo m / uspela f / uspelo n			uspeli m / uspele f / uspela 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

• uspévati impf
• uspeh, uspjeh

Etymology 2

uz- +‎ penjati (peti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǔspeːti/
• Hyphenation: u‧spe‧ti

Verb

ùspēti pf (Cyrillic spelling у̀спе̄ти)

1. (reflexive) to climb
2. (reflexive) to ascend

Conjugation

Conjugation of uspeti

infinitive		uspeti
present verbal adverb		—
past verbal adverb		ùspēvši
verbal noun		—
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		uspnem	uspneš	uspne	uspnemo	uspnete	uspnu
future	future I	uspet ću1 uspeću	uspet ćeš1 uspećeš	uspet će1 uspeće	uspet ćemo1 uspećemo	uspet ćete1 uspećete	uspet ćē1 uspeće
	future II	bȕdēm uspeo2	bȕdēš uspeo2	bȕdē uspeo2	bȕdēmo uspeli2	bȕdēte uspeli2	bȕdū uspeli2
past	perfect	uspeo sam2	uspeo si2	uspeo je2	uspeli smo2	uspeli ste2	uspeli su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam uspeo2	bȉo si uspeo2	bȉo je uspeo2	bíli smo uspeli2	bíli ste uspeli2	bíli su uspeli2
	aorist	uspeh	uspe	uspe	uspesmo	uspeste	uspeše
conditional	conditional I	uspeo bih2	uspeo bi2	uspeo bi2	uspeli bismo2	uspeli biste2	uspeli bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih uspeo2	bȉo bi uspeo2	bȉo bi uspeo2	bíli bismo uspeli2	bíli biste uspeli2	bíli bi uspeli2
imperative		—	uspni	—	uspnimo	uspnite	—
active past participle		uspeo m / uspela f / uspelo n			uspeli m / uspele f / uspela n
passive past participle		uspet m / uspeta f / uspeto n			uspeti m / uspete f / uspeta 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

• ùspinjati impf
• uspon

References

• “uspeti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From u- +‎ spẹ́ti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uspèːti/
• Hyphenation: u‧spé‧ti

Verb

uspẹ́ti pf

1. to succeed

Conjugation

infinitive	uspẹ́ti
1st singular	uspȅm
infinitive	uspẹ́ti			uspẹ̑t
supine	uspẹ̑t
verbal noun	—
	participle			converb
present	—			—
past	—			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	uspȅł, uspẹ̑ł		uspẹ̄la		uspẹ̄lo
dual	uspẹ̄la		uspẹ̄li		uspẹ̄li
plural	uspẹ̄li		uspẹ̄le		uspẹ̄la
	present			imperative
1st singular	uspȅm			—
2nd singular	uspȅš			uspȉ
3rd singular	uspȅ			—
1st dual	uspéva			uspȋva
2nd dual	uspéta			uspȋta
3rd dual	uspéta			—
1st plural	uspémo			uspȋmo
2nd plural	uspéte			uspȋte
3rd plural	uspéjo			—

Further reading

• “uspeti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “uspeti”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references