poveriti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• pòvjeriti (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǒʋeriti/
• Hyphenation: po‧ve‧ri‧ti

Verb

pòveriti pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀верити)

1. (ambitransitive) to entrust, confide
2. (reflexive) to confide in

Conjugation

Conjugation of poveriti

Infinitive: poveriti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: pòverīvši		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		poverim	poveriš	poveri	poverimo	poverite	povere
Future	Future I	poverit ću1 poveriću	poverit ćeš1 poverićeš	poverit će1 poveriće	poverit ćemo1 poverićemo	poverit ćete1 poverićete	poverit ćē1 poveriće
	Future II	bȕdēm poverio2	bȕdēš poverio2	bȕdē poverio2	bȕdēmo poverili2	bȕdēte poverili2	bȕdū poverili2
Past	Perfect	poverio sam2	poverio si2	poverio je2	poverili smo2	poverili ste2	poverili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam poverio2	bȉo si poverio2	bȉo je poverio2	bíli smo poverili2	bíli ste poverili2	bíli su poverili2
	Aorist	poverih	poveri	poveri	poverismo	poveriste	poveriše
Conditional I		poverio bih2	poverio bi2	poverio bi2	poverili bismo2	poverili biste2	poverili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih poverio2	bȉo bi poverio2	bȉo bi poverio2	bíli bismo poverili2	bíli biste poverili2	bíli bi poverili2
Imperative		—	poveri	—	poverimo	poverite	—
Active past participle		poverio m / poverila f / poverilo n			poverili m / poverile f / poverila n
Passive past participle		poveren m / poverena f / povereno n			povereni m / poverene f / poverena 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

• poverávati impf

References

• “poveriti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025