poštedeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ijekavian): poštédjeti

Etymology

po- +‎ štedeti

Pronunciation

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

Verb

poštédeti pf (Cyrillic spelling поште́дети)

(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	Future II	budem poštedeo²	budeš poštedeo²	bude poštedeo²	budemo poštedeli²	budete poštedeli²	budu poštedeli²
Past	Perfect	poštedeo sam²	poštedeo si²	poštedeo je²	poštedeli smo²	poštedeli ste²	poštedeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam poštedeo²	bio si poštedeo²	bio je poštedeo²	bili smo poštedeli²	bili ste poštedeli²	bili su poštedeli²
	Aorist	poštedeh	poštede	poštede	poštedesmo	poštedeste	poštedeše
Conditional I		poštedeo bih²	poštedeo bi²	poštedeo bi²	poštedeli bismo²	poštedeli biste²	poštedeli bi²
Conditional II		bio bih poštedeo²	bio bi poštedeo²	bio bi poštedeo²	bili bismo poštedeli²	bili biste poštedeli²	bili 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. * Note: The aorist and imperfect have nowadays fallen into disuse and as such they are found only in literary texts; routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Related terms

pošteđívati impf

References

“poštedeti” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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