zauzeti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From za- +‎ uzeti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zaǔzeːti/
Hyphenation: za‧u‧ze‧ti

Verb

zaùzēti pf (Cyrillic spelling зау̀зе̄ти)

(transitive) to take over, capture, seize (an area; in war or fighting)
(by extension, transitive) to occupy, take possession of
(transitive) to take on, assume (an attitude, opinion, position, etc.)
(reflexive) to plead for, intervene on behalf of somebody or something

Conjugation

Conjugation of zauzeti

Infinitive: zauzeti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: zaùzēvši		Verbal noun: zauzéće
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		zauzmem	zauzmeš	zauzme	zauzmemo	zauzmete	zauzmu
Future	Future I	zauzet ću¹ zauzeću	zauzet ćeš¹ zauzećeš	zauzet će¹ zauzeće	zauzet ćemo¹ zauzećemo	zauzet ćete¹ zauzećete	zauzet će¹ zauzeće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm zauzeo²	bȕdēš zauzeo²	bȕdē zauzeo²	bȕdēmo zauzeli²	bȕdēte zauzeli²	bȕdū zauzeli²
Past	Perfect	zauzeo sam²	zauzeo si²	zauzeo je²	zauzeli smo²	zauzeli ste²	zauzeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam zauzeo²	bȉo si zauzeo²	bȉo je zauzeo²	bíli smo zauzeli²	bíli ste zauzeli²	bíli su zauzeli²
	Aorist	zauzeh	zauze	zauze	zauzesmo	zauzeste	zauzeše
Conditional I		zauzeo bih²	zauzeo bi²	zauzeo bi²	zauzeli bismo²	zauzeli biste²	zauzeli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih zauzeo²	bȉo bi zauzeo²	bȉo bi zauzeo²	bíli bismo zauzeli²	bíli biste zauzeli²	bíli bi zauzeli²
Imperative		—	zauzmi	—	zauzmimo	zauzmite	—
Active past participle		zauzeo m / zauzela f / zauzelo n			zauzeli m / zauzele f / zauzela n
Passive past participle		zauzet m / zauzeta f / zauzeto n			zauzeti m / zauzete f / zauzeta 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

zaùzimati impf