prevladati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pre- +‎ vladati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /preʋlǎːdati/
• Hyphenation: pre‧vla‧da‧ti

Verb

prevládati pf (Cyrillic spelling превла́дати)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to prevail over, overcome
2. (intransitive) to spread, gain ground, become prevalent; to predominate

Conjugation

Conjugation of prevladati

Infinitive: prevladati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: prevládāvši		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		prevladam	prevladaš	prevlada	prevladamo	prevladate	prevladaju
Future	Future I	prevladat ću1 prevladaću	prevladat ćeš1 prevladaćeš	prevladat će1 prevladaće	prevladat ćemo1 prevladaćemo	prevladat ćete1 prevladaćete	prevladat će1 prevladaće
	Future II	bȕdēm prevladao2	bȕdēš prevladao2	bȕdē prevladao2	bȕdēmo prevladali2	bȕdēte prevladali2	bȕdū prevladali2
Past	Perfect	prevladao sam2	prevladao si2	prevladao je2	prevladali smo2	prevladali ste2	prevladali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam prevladao2	bȉo si prevladao2	bȉo je prevladao2	bíli smo prevladali2	bíli ste prevladali2	bíli su prevladali2
	Aorist	prevladah	prevlada	prevlada	prevladasmo	prevladaste	prevladaše
Conditional I		prevladao bih2	prevladao bi2	prevladao bi2	prevladali bismo2	prevladali biste2	prevladali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih prevladao2	bȉo bi prevladao2	bȉo bi prevladao2	bíli bismo prevladali2	bíli biste prevladali2	bíli bi prevladali2
Imperative		—	prevladaj	—	prevladajmo	prevladajte	—
Active past participle		prevladao m / prevladala f / prevladalo n			prevladali m / prevladale f / prevladala n
Passive past participle		prevladan m / prevladana f / prevladano n			prevladani m / prevladane f / prevladana 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

• prevladávati / prevlađívati impf

Further reading

• “prevladati” in Hrvatski jezični portal