šparati

See also: sparati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German sparen +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃpǎːrati/
Hyphenation: špa‧ra‧ti

Verb

špárati impf (Cyrillic spelling шпа́рати)

(transitive, intransitive) to save (store for future use)
(transitive, intransitive) to save, economize

Conjugation

Conjugation of šparati

Infinitive: šparati		Present verbal adverb: špárajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: špárānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		šparam	šparaš	špara	šparamo	šparate	šparaju
Future	Future I	šparat ću¹ šparaću	šparat ćeš¹ šparaćeš	šparat će¹ šparaće	šparat ćemo¹ šparaćemo	šparat ćete¹ šparaćete	šparat će¹ šparaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm šparao²	bȕdēš šparao²	bȕdē šparao²	bȕdēmo šparali²	bȕdēte šparali²	bȕdū šparali²
Past	Perfect	šparao sam²	šparao si²	šparao je²	šparali smo²	šparali ste²	šparali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam šparao²	bȉo si šparao²	bȉo je šparao²	bíli smo šparali²	bíli ste šparali²	bíli su šparali²
	Imperfect	šparah	šparaše	šparaše	šparasmo	šparaste	šparahu
Conditional I		šparao bih²	šparao bi²	šparao bi²	šparali bismo²	šparali biste²	šparali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih šparao²	bȉo bi šparao²	bȉo bi šparao²	bíli bismo šparali²	bíli biste šparali²	bíli bi šparali²
Imperative		—	šparaj	—	šparajmo	šparajte	—
Active past participle		šparao m / šparala f / šparalo n			šparali m / šparale f / šparala n
Passive past participle		šparan m / šparana f / šparano n			šparani m / šparane f / šparana 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.

Synonyms

štédjeti / štédeti

References

“šparati” in Hrvatski jezični portal