usporavati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /usporǎːʋati/
Hyphenation: u‧spo‧ra‧va‧ti

Verb

usporávati impf (Cyrillic spelling успора́вати)

(transitive, reflexive) to slow down

Conjugation

Conjugation of usporavati

Infinitive: usporavati		Present verbal adverb: usporávajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		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		usporavam	usporavaš	usporava	usporavamo	usporavate	usporavaju
Future	Future I	usporavat ću¹ usporavaću	usporavat ćeš¹ usporavaćeš	usporavat će¹ usporavaće	usporavat ćemo¹ usporavaćemo	usporavat ćete¹ usporavaćete	usporavat će¹ usporavaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm usporavao²	bȕdēš usporavao²	bȕdē usporavao²	bȕdēmo usporavali²	bȕdēte usporavali²	bȕdū usporavali²
Past	Perfect	usporavao sam²	usporavao si²	usporavao je²	usporavali smo²	usporavali ste²	usporavali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam usporavao²	bȉo si usporavao²	bȉo je usporavao²	bíli smo usporavali²	bíli ste usporavali²	bíli su usporavali²
	Imperfect	usporavah	usporavaše	usporavaše	usporavasmo	usporavaste	usporavahu
Conditional I		usporavao bih²	usporavao bi²	usporavao bi²	usporavali bismo²	usporavali biste²	usporavali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih usporavao²	bȉo bi usporavao²	bȉo bi usporavao²	bíli bismo usporavali²	bíli biste usporavali²	bíli bi usporavali²
Imperative		—	usporavaj	—	usporavajmo	usporavajte	—
Active past participle		usporavao m / usporavala f / usporavalo n			usporavali m / usporavale f / usporavala n
Passive past participle		usporavan m / usporavana f / usporavano n			usporavani m / usporavane f / usporavana 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

uspòriti pf