popustiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- +‎ pustiti.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

popùstiti pf (Cyrillic spelling попу̀стити)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to reduce, rebate, deduct (of price etc.)
2. (transitive, intransitive) to relax, loosen
3. (transitive, intransitive) to go easy on, indulge, let off easy (someone who has done something shameful)
4. (transitive, intransitive) to cede, give away; ease
5. (transitive, intransitive) to abate, subside (of wind, current etc.)
6. (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 II	bȕdēm popustio2	bȕdēš popustio2	bȕdē popustio2	bȕdēmo popustili2	bȕdēte popustili2	bȕdū popustili2
Past	Perfect	popustio sam2	popustio si2	popustio je2	popustili smo2	popustili ste2	popustili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam popustio2	bȉo si popustio2	bȉo je popustio2	bíli smo popustili2	bíli ste popustili2	bíli su popustili2
	Aorist	popustih	popusti	popusti	popustismo	popustiste	popustiše
Conditional I		popustio bih2	popustio bi2	popustio bi2	popustili bismo2	popustili biste2	popustili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih popustio2	bȉo bi popustio2	bȉo bi popustio2	bíli bismo popustili2	bíli biste popustili2	bíli 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. 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 were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Related terms

• popúštati impf