zvocati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From zvȗk.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zʋôt͡sati/
Hyphenation: zvo‧ca‧ti

Verb

zvȍcati impf (Cyrillic spelling зво̏цати)

(intransitive, with dative, colloquial, derogatory) to complain
(intransitive, with dative, colloquial, derogatory) to nag, bother, chivvy

Conjugation

Conjugation of zvocati

Infinitive: zvocati		Present verbal adverb: zvocajući		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: zvocānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		zvocam	zvocaš	zvoca	zvocamo	zvocate	zvocaju
Future	Future I	zvocat ću¹ zvocaću	zvocat ćeš¹ zvocaćeš	zvocat će¹ zvocaće	zvocat ćemo¹ zvocaćemo	zvocat ćete¹ zvocaćete	zvocat će¹ zvocaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm zvocao²	bȕdēš zvocao²	bȕdē zvocao²	bȕdēmo zvocali²	bȕdēte zvocali²	bȕdū zvocali²
Past	Perfect	zvocao sam²	zvocao si²	zvocao je²	zvocali smo²	zvocali ste²	zvocali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam zvocao²	bȉo si zvocao²	bȉo je zvocao²	bíli smo zvocali²	bíli ste zvocali²	bíli su zvocali²
	Imperfect	zvocah	zvocaše	zvocaše	zvocasmo	zvocaste	zvocahu
Conditional I		zvocao bih²	zvocao bi²	zvocao bi²	zvocali bismo²	zvocali biste²	zvocali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih zvocao²	bȉo bi zvocao²	bȉo bi zvocao²	bíli bismo zvocali²	bíli biste zvocali²	bíli bi zvocali²
Imperative		—	zvocaj	—	zvocajmo	zvocajte	—
Active past participle		zvocao m / zvocala f / zvocalo n			zvocali m / zvocale f / zvocala 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.

Synonyms

(to complain): prigovárati
(to bore): dosađívati

References

“zvocati” in Hrvatski jezični portal