poštedeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• poštédjeti (Ijekavian)

Etymology

From po- +‎ štedeti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poʃtěːdeti/
• Hyphenation: po‧šte‧de‧ti

Verb

poštédeti pf (Cyrillic spelling поште́дети)

1. (transitive) to spare

   pošted(j)eti nekome život ― to spare somebody's life

   želim se pošted(j)eti dodatnih poniženja ― I want to save myself any further humiliation

   htio/hteo sam te pošted(j)eti sramote, ali bolje da znaš ― I was trying to spare you the embarrassment, but you should probably know

Conjugation

Conjugation of poštedeti

Infinitive: poštedeti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: poštédēvši		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		poštedim	poštediš	poštedi	poštedimo	poštedite	poštede
Future	Future I	poštedet ću1 poštedeću	poštedet ćeš1 poštedećeš	poštedet će1 poštedeće	poštedet ćemo1 poštedećemo	poštedet ćete1 poštedećete	poštedet će1 poštedeće
	Future II	bȕdēm poštedeo2	bȕdēš poštedeo2	bȕdē poštedeo2	bȕdēmo poštedeli2	bȕdēte poštedeli2	bȕdū poštedeli2
Past	Perfect	poštedeo sam2	poštedeo si2	poštedeo je2	poštedeli smo2	poštedeli ste2	poštedeli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam poštedeo2	bȉo si poštedeo2	bȉo je poštedeo2	bíli smo poštedeli2	bíli ste poštedeli2	bíli su poštedeli2
	Aorist	poštedeh	poštede	poštede	poštedesmo	poštedeste	poštedeše
Conditional I		poštedeo bih2	poštedeo bi2	poštedeo bi2	poštedeli bismo2	poštedeli biste2	poštedeli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih poštedeo2	bȉo bi poštedeo2	bȉo bi poštedeo2	bíli bismo poštedeli2	bíli biste poštedeli2	bíli bi poštedeli2
Imperative		—	poštedi	—	poštedimo	poštedite	—
Active past participle		poštedeo m / poštedela f / poštedelo n			poštedeli m / poštedele f / poštedela n
Passive past participle		pošteđen m / pošteđena f / pošteđeno n			pošteđeni m / pošteđene f / pošteđena 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

• pošteđívati impf

References

• “poštedeti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024