špotati

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From German spotten (“to scoff, jeer”) +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʃpôtati/
Hyphenation: špo‧ta‧ti

Verb edit

špȍtati impf (Cyrillic spelling шпо̏тати)

(Kajkavian, Chakavian) to criticize
(Kajkavian, Chakavian) to rebuke, reproach

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of špotati

Infinitive: špotati		Present verbal adverb: špȍtajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: špȍtānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		špotam	špotaš	špota	špotamo	špotate	špotaju
Future	Future I	špotat ću¹ špotaću	špotat ćeš¹ špotaćeš	špotat će¹ špotaće	špotat ćemo¹ špotaćemo	špotat ćete¹ špotaćete	špotat će¹ špotaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm špotao²	bȕdēš špotao²	bȕdē špotao²	bȕdēmo špotali²	bȕdēte špotali²	bȕdū špotali²
Past	Perfect	špotao sam²	špotao si²	špotao je²	špotali smo²	špotali ste²	špotali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam špotao²	bȉo si špotao²	bȉo je špotao²	bíli smo špotali²	bíli ste špotali²	bíli su špotali²
	Imperfect	špotah	špotaše	špotaše	špotasmo	špotaste	špotahu
Conditional I		špotao bih²	špotao bi²	špotao bi²	špotali bismo²	špotali biste²	špotali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih špotao²	bȉo bi špotao²	bȉo bi špotao²	bíli bismo špotali²	bíli biste špotali²	bíli bi špotali²
Imperative		—	špotaj	—	špotajmo	špotajte	—
Active past participle		špotao m / špotala f / špotalo n			špotali m / špotale f / špotala n
Passive past participle		špotan m / špotana f / špotano n			špotani m / špotane f / špotana 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 edit

kúditi

References edit

“špotati” in Hrvatski jezični portal