zbližiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From s- +‎ bližiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zblǐːʒiti/
• Hyphenation: zbli‧ži‧ti

Verb

zblížiti pf (Cyrillic spelling збли́жити)

1. (transitive) to bring or draw closer together
2. (transitive) to become close, to become friends

Conjugation

Conjugation of zbližiti

Infinitive: zbližiti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: zblížīvši		Verbal noun: zbližénje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		zbližim	zbližiš	zbliži	zbližimo	zbližite	zbliže
Future	Future I	zbližit ću1 zbližiću	zbližit ćeš1 zbližićeš	zbližit će1 zbližiće	zbližit ćemo1 zbližićemo	zbližit ćete1 zbližićete	zbližit će1 zbližiće
	Future II	bȕdēm zbližio2	bȕdēš zbližio2	bȕdē zbližio2	bȕdēmo zbližili2	bȕdēte zbližili2	bȕdū zbližili2
Past	Perfect	zbližio sam2	zbližio si2	zbližio je2	zbližili smo2	zbližili ste2	zbližili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam zbližio2	bȉo si zbližio2	bȉo je zbližio2	bíli smo zbližili2	bíli ste zbližili2	bíli su zbližili2
	Aorist	zbližih	zbliži	zbliži	zbližismo	zbližiste	zbližiše
Conditional I		zbližio bih2	zbližio bi2	zbližio bi2	zbližili bismo2	zbližili biste2	zbližili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih zbližio2	bȉo bi zbližio2	bȉo bi zbližio2	bíli bismo zbližili2	bíli biste zbližili2	bíli bi zbližili2
Imperative		—	zbliži	—	zbližimo	zbližite	—
Active past participle		zbližio m / zbližila f / zbližilo n			zbližili m / zbližile f / zbližila n
Passive past participle		zbližen m / zbližena f / zbliženo n			zbliženi m / zbližene f / zbližena 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

• zbližávati impf

References

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