zabaviti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zabaviti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zǎbaʋiti/
• Hyphenation: za‧ba‧vi‧ti

Verb

zàbaviti pf (Cyrillic spelling за̀бавити)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to amuse, entertain, have fun
2. (transitive) to draw, keep somebody's attention
3. (reflexive) to be occupied with something, to spend or waste some time doing something

Conjugation

Conjugation of zabaviti

Infinitive: zabaviti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: zàbavīvši		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		zabavim	zabaviš	zabavi	zabavimo	zabavite	zabave
Future	Future I	zabavit ću1 zabaviću	zabavit ćeš1 zabavićeš	zabavit će1 zabaviće	zabavit ćemo1 zabavićemo	zabavit ćete1 zabavićete	zabavit će1 zabaviće
	Future II	bȕdēm zabavio2	bȕdēš zabavio2	bȕdē zabavio2	bȕdēmo zabavili2	bȕdēte zabavili2	bȕdū zabavili2
Past	Perfect	zabavio sam2	zabavio si2	zabavio je2	zabavili smo2	zabavili ste2	zabavili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam zabavio2	bȉo si zabavio2	bȉo je zabavio2	bíli smo zabavili2	bíli ste zabavili2	bíli su zabavili2
	Aorist	zabavih	zabavi	zabavi	zabavismo	zabaviste	zabaviše
Conditional I		zabavio bih2	zabavio bi2	zabavio bi2	zabavili bismo2	zabavili biste2	zabavili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih zabavio2	bȉo bi zabavio2	bȉo bi zabavio2	bíli bismo zabavili2	bíli biste zabavili2	bíli bi zabavili2
Imperative		—	zabavi	—	zabavimo	zabavite	—
Active past participle		zabavio m / zabavila f / zabavilo n			zabavili m / zabavile f / zabavila n
Passive past participle		zabavljen m / zabavljena f / zabavljeno n			zabavljeni m / zabavljene f / zabavljena 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

• zàbavljati impf

See also

• uživati