povedati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• poviedati

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pověděti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔˈveːdati]
• Hyphenation: po‧ve‧da‧ti

Verb

povẹ̃dati pf (Cyrillic spelling повẹ̃дати)

1. (Kajkavian) to say, to tell

   Synonyms: reći, kazati

   • 1927, Dragutin Domjanić, Škrlačec na vuho:

     Al kojoj najrajše
     Bi štel da povem,
     Baš toj niti reči
     Povedat ne smem.

     But one that I'd most gladly
     want to tell,
     precisely to her I can't
     say a single word.