izoštravati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /izoʃtrǎːʋati/
Hyphenation: i‧zo‧štra‧va‧ti

Verb

izoštrávati impf (Cyrillic spelling изоштра́вати)

(transitive) to sharpen, hone
(transitive) to refine (in perception, view point, criteria etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of izoštravati

Infinitive: izoštravati		Present verbal adverb: izoštrávajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: izoštrávānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		izoštravam	izoštravaš	izoštrava	izoštravamo	izoštravate	izoštravaju
Future	Future I	izoštravat ću¹ izoštravaću	izoštravat ćeš¹ izoštravaćeš	izoštravat će¹ izoštravaće	izoštravat ćemo¹ izoštravaćemo	izoštravat ćete¹ izoštravaćete	izoštravat će¹ izoštravaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm izoštravao²	bȕdēš izoštravao²	bȕdē izoštravao²	bȕdēmo izoštravali²	bȕdēte izoštravali²	bȕdū izoštravali²
Past	Perfect	izoštravao sam²	izoštravao si²	izoštravao je²	izoštravali smo²	izoštravali ste²	izoštravali su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam izoštravao²	bio si izoštravao²	bio je izoštravao²	bili smo izoštravali²	bili ste izoštravali²	bili su izoštravali²
	Imperfect	izoštravah	izoštravaše	izoštravaše	izoštravasmo	izoštravaste	izoštravahu
Conditional I		izoštravao bih²	izoštravao bi²	izoštravao bi²	izoštravali bismo²	izoštravali biste²	izoštravali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bio bih izoštravao²	bio bi izoštravao²	bio bi izoštravao²	bili bismo izoštravali²	bili biste izoštravali²	bili bi izoštravali²
Imperative		—	izoštravaj	—	izoštravajmo	izoštravajte	—
Active past participle		izoštravao m / izoštravala f / izoštravalo n			izoštravali m / izoštravale f / izoštravala n
Passive past participle		izoštravan m / izoštravana f / izoštravano n			izoštravani m / izoštravane f / izoštravana 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 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

izòštriti pf