popustiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

po- +‎ pustiti

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /popǔstiti/
Hyphenation: po‧pu‧sti‧ti

Verb

popùstiti pf (Cyrillic spelling попу̀стити)

(transitive, intransitive) to reduce, rebate, deduct (of price etc.)
(transitive, intransitive) to relax, loosen
(transitive, intransitive) to go easy on, indulge, let off easy (someone who has done something shameful)
(transitive, intransitive) to cede, give away; ease
(transitive, intransitive) to abate, subside (of wind, current etc.)
(transitive, intransitive) to intermit (of pain, illness etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of popustiti

Infinitive: popustiti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: popùstīvši		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		popustim	popustiš	popusti	popustimo	popustite	popuste
Future	Future I	popustit ću¹ popustiću	popustit ćeš¹ popustićeš	popustit će¹ popustiće	popustit ćemo¹ popustićemo	popustit ćete¹ popustićete	popustit će¹ popustiće
Future	Future II	budem popustio²	budeš popustio²	bude popustio²	budemo popustili²	budete popustili²	budu popustili²
Past	Perfect	popustio sam²	popustio si²	popustio je²	popustili smo²	popustili ste²	popustili su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam popustio²	bio si popustio²	bio je popustio²	bili smo popustili²	bili ste popustili²	bili su popustili²
	Aorist	popustih	popusti	popusti	popustismo	popustiste	popustiše
Conditional I		popustio bih²	popustio bi²	popustio bi²	popustili bismo²	popustili biste²	popustili bi²
Conditional II		bio bih popustio²	bio bi popustio²	bio bi popustio²	bili bismo popustili²	bili biste popustili²	bili bi popustili²
Imperative		—	popusti	—	popustimo	popustite	—
Active past participle		popustio m / popustila f / popustilo n			popustili m / popustile f / popustila 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

popúštati impf