povratiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- +‎ vratiti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /poʋrǎːtiti/
Hyphenation: po‧vra‧ti‧ti

Verb

povrátiti pf (Cyrillic spelling повра́тити)

(transitive, intransitive) to regurgitate, vomit, throw up
Povratila je u zahod. ― She threw up in the toilet.

Sve je povratio. ― He threw everything up.

Povraća mi se. ― I feel like vomiting.

Čini mi se da ću povratiti. ― I feel like vomiting.
(transitive) to give back, return
(transitive) to reestablish, restore, recover
povratiti ravnotežu ― to restore balance

povratiti pov(j)erenje ― to restore confidence

povratiti pamćenje ― to recover one's memory

Trudim se povratiti psihičke blokove i ponovo zarobiti zv(ij)er. ― I'm trying to restore the psychic blocks and cage the beast again.

Conjugation

Conjugation of povratiti

Infinitive: povratiti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: povrátīvši		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		povratim	povratiš	povrati	povratimo	povratite	povrate
Future	Future I	povratit ću¹ povratiću	povratit ćeš¹ povratićeš	povratit će¹ povratiće	povratit ćemo¹ povratićemo	povratit ćete¹ povratićete	povratit će¹ povratiće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm povratio²	bȕdēš povratio²	bȕdē povratio²	bȕdēmo povratili²	bȕdēte povratili²	bȕdū povratili²
Past	Perfect	povratio sam²	povratio si²	povratio je²	povratili smo²	povratili ste²	povratili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam povratio²	bȉo si povratio²	bȉo je povratio²	bíli smo povratili²	bíli ste povratili²	bíli su povratili²
	Aorist	povratih	povrati	povrati	povratismo	povratiste	povratiše
Conditional I		povratio bih²	povratio bi²	povratio bi²	povratili bismo²	povratili biste²	povratili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih povratio²	bȉo bi povratio²	bȉo bi povratio²	bíli bismo povratili²	bíli biste povratili²	bíli bi povratili²
Imperative		—	povrati	—	povratimo	povratite	—
Active past participle		povratio m / povratila f / povratilo n			povratili m / povratile f / povratila n
Passive past participle		povraćen m / povraćena f / povraćeno n			povraćeni m / povraćene f / povraćena 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

pòvraćati impf

References

“povratiti” in Hrvatski jezični portal