zabrljati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

za- +‎ brljati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zabřːʎati/
• Hyphenation: za‧br‧lja‧ti

Verb

zabŕljati pf (Cyrillic spelling забр́љати)

1. (reflexive) to smudge face when eating (of children)
2. (transitive) to mess up something, ruin, spoil (when working)

Conjugation

Conjugation of zabrljati

Infinitive: zabrljati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: zabŕljāvši		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		zabrljam	zabrljaš	zabrlja	zabrljamo	zabrljate	zabrljaju
Future	Future I	zabrljat ću1 zabrljaću	zabrljat ćeš1 zabrljaćeš	zabrljat će1 zabrljaće	zabrljat ćemo1 zabrljaćemo	zabrljat ćete1 zabrljaćete	zabrljat će1 zabrljaće
	Future II	bȕdēm zabrljao2	bȕdēš zabrljao2	bȕdē zabrljao2	bȕdēmo zabrljali2	bȕdēte zabrljali2	bȕdū zabrljali2
Past	Perfect	zabrljao sam2	zabrljao si2	zabrljao je2	zabrljali smo2	zabrljali ste2	zabrljali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam zabrljao2	bȉo si zabrljao2	bȉo je zabrljao2	bíli smo zabrljali2	bíli ste zabrljali2	bíli su zabrljali2
	Aorist	zabrljah	zabrlja	zabrlja	zabrljasmo	zabrljaste	zabrljaše
Conditional I		zabrljao bih2	zabrljao bi2	zabrljao bi2	zabrljali bismo2	zabrljali biste2	zabrljali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih zabrljao2	bȉo bi zabrljao2	bȉo bi zabrljao2	bíli bismo zabrljali2	bíli biste zabrljali2	bíli bi zabrljali2
Imperative		—	zabrljaj	—	zabrljajmo	zabrljajte	—
Active past participle		zabrljao m / zabrljala f / zabrljalo n			zabrljali m / zabrljale f / zabrljala 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

• zabrljávati, zabrljáviti impf

References

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