preterati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ijekavian): prètjerati

Etymology

pre- +‎ terati

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /prěterati/
Hyphenation: pre‧te‧ra‧ti

Verb

prèterati pf (Cyrillic spelling прѐтерати)

(transitive) to drive across
(intransitive) to go too far
(intransitive) to exaggerate

Conjugation

Conjugation of preterati

Infinitive: preterati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: prèterāvši		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		preteram	preteraš	pretera	preteramo	preterate	preteraju
Future	Future I	preterat ću¹ preteraću	preterat ćeš¹ preteraćeš	preterat će¹ preteraće	preterat ćemo¹ preteraćemo	preterat ćete¹ preteraćete	preterat će¹ preteraće
Future	Future II	budem preterao²	budeš preterao²	bude preterao²	budemo preterali²	budete preterali²	budu preterali²
Past	Perfect	preterao sam²	preterao si²	preterao je²	preterali smo²	preterali ste²	preterali su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam preterao²	bio si preterao²	bio je preterao²	bili smo preterali²	bili ste preterali²	bili su preterali²
	Aorist	preterah	pretera	pretera	preterasmo	preteraste	preteraše
Conditional I		preterao bih²	preterao bi²	preterao bi²	preterali bismo²	preterali biste²	preterali bi²
Conditional II		bio bih preterao²	bio bi preterao²	bio bi preterao²	bili bismo preterali²	bili biste preterali²	bili bi preterali²
Imperative		—	preteraj	—	preterajmo	preterajte	—
Active past participle		preterao m / preterala f / preteralo n			preterali m / preterale f / preterala 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

preterívati impf