špotati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German spotten (“to scoff, jeer”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃpôtati/
Hyphenation: špo‧ta‧ti

Verb

špȍtati impf (Cyrillic spelling шпо̏тати)

(Kajkavian, Chakavian) to criticize
(Kajkavian, Chakavian) to rebuke, reproach

Conjugation

Conjugation of špotati

Infinitive: špotati		Present verbal adverb: špȍtajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: špȍtānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		špotam	špotaš	špota	špotamo	špotate	špotaju
Future	Future I	špotat ću¹ špotaću	špotat ćeš¹ špotaćeš	špotat će¹ špotaće	špotat ćemo¹ špotaćemo	špotat ćete¹ špotaćete	špotat će¹ špotaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm špotao²	bȕdēš špotao²	bȕdē špotao²	bȕdēmo špotali²	bȕdēte špotali²	bȕdū špotali²
Past	Perfect	špotao sam²	špotao si²	špotao je²	špotali smo²	špotali ste²	špotali su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam špotao²	bio si špotao²	bio je špotao²	bili smo špotali²	bili ste špotali²	bili su špotali²
	Imperfect	špotah	špotaše	špotaše	špotasmo	špotaste	špotahu
Conditional I		špotao bih²	špotao bi²	špotao bi²	špotali bismo²	špotali biste²	špotali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bio bih špotao²	bio bi špotao²	bio bi špotao²	bili bismo špotali²	bili biste špotali²	bili bi špotali²
Imperative		—	špotaj	—	špotajmo	špotajte	—
Active past participle		špotao m / špotala f / špotalo n			špotali m / špotale f / špotala n
Passive past participle		špotan m / špotana f / špotano n			špotani m / špotane f / špotana 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.

Synonyms

kúditi

References

“špotati” in Hrvatski jezični portal