otpustiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

od- +‎ pustiti

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /otpǔstiti/
Hyphenation: ot‧pu‧sti‧ti

Verb

otpùstiti pf (Cyrillic spelling отпу̀стити)

(transitive) to release
(transitive) to loosen, relax
(transitive) to fire, dismiss (from job, service or army)

Conjugation

Conjugation of otpustiti

Infinitive: otpustiti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: otpùstīvši		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		otpustim	otpustiš	otpusti	otpustimo	otpustite	otpuste
Future	Future I	otpustit ću¹ otpustiću	otpustit ćeš¹ otpustićeš	otpustit će¹ otpustiće	otpustit ćemo¹ otpustićemo	otpustit ćete¹ otpustićete	otpustit će¹ otpustiće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm otpustio²	bȕdēš otpustio²	bȕdē otpustio²	bȕdēmo otpustili²	bȕdēte otpustili²	bȕdū otpustili²
Past	Perfect	otpustio sam²	otpustio si²	otpustio je²	otpustili smo²	otpustili ste²	otpustili su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam otpustio²	bio si otpustio²	bio je otpustio²	bili smo otpustili²	bili ste otpustili²	bili su otpustili²
	Aorist	otpustih	otpusti	otpusti	otpustismo	otpustiste	otpustiše
Conditional I		otpustio bih²	otpustio bi²	otpustio bi²	otpustili bismo²	otpustili biste²	otpustili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bio bih otpustio²	bio bi otpustio²	bio bi otpustio²	bili bismo otpustili²	bili biste otpustili²	bili bi otpustili²
Imperative		—	otpusti	—	otpustimo	otpustite	—
Active past participle		otpustio m / otpustila f / otpustilo n			otpustili m / otpustile f / otpustila n
Passive past participle		otpušten m / otpuštena f / otpušteno n			otpušteni m / otpuštene f / otpuštena 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

otpúštati impf