poštedjeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

poštédeti (Ekavian)

Etymology

From po- +‎ štedjeti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /poʃtěːdjeti/
Hyphenation: po‧šted‧je‧ti

Verb

poštédjeti pf (Cyrillic spelling поште́дјети)

(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 poštedjeti

Infinitive: poštedjeti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: poštédjēvši		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	poštedjet ću¹ poštedjeću	poštedjet ćeš¹ poštedjećeš	poštedjet će¹ poštedjeće	poštedjet ćemo¹ poštedjećemo	poštedjet ćete¹ poštedjećete	poštedjet će¹ poštedjeće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm poštedio²	bȕdēš poštedio²	bȕdē poštedio²	bȕdēmo poštedjeli²	bȕdēte poštedjeli²	bȕdū poštedjeli²
Past	Perfect	poštedio sam²	poštedio si²	poštedio je²	poštedjeli smo²	poštedjeli ste²	poštedjeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam poštedio²	bȉo si poštedio²	bȉo je poštedio²	bíli smo poštedjeli²	bíli ste poštedjeli²	bíli su poštedjeli²
	Aorist	poštedjeh	poštedje	poštedje	poštedjesmo	poštedjeste	poštedješe
Conditional I		poštedio bih²	poštedio bi²	poštedio bi²	poštedjeli bismo²	poštedjeli biste²	poštedjeli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih poštedio²	bȉo bi poštedio²	bȉo bi poštedio²	bíli bismo poštedjeli²	bíli biste poštedjeli²	bíli bi poštedjeli²
Imperative		—	poštedi	—	poštedimo	poštedite	—
Active past participle		poštedio m / poštedjela f / poštedjelo n			poštedjeli m / poštedjele f / poštedjela 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

“poštedjeti” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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