smetati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /směːtati/
• Hyphenation: sme‧ta‧ti

Verb

smétati impf (Cyrillic spelling сме́тати)

1. (transitive) to mind, care about

   Ne brini, ne smeta mi! ― Don't worry, I don't mind (it)!

2. (ambitransitive) to disturb, bother (a person)

   Oprosti, smetam li ti? ― Sorry, am I bothering you?

3. (ambitransitive) to hamper, hinder, interfere with

   Zastarjela ekonomska politika smeta rastu ekonomije. ― Outdated economic policy hinders economic growth.

Conjugation

Conjugation of smetati

infinitive		smetati
present verbal adverb		smétajūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		smétānje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		smetam	smetaš	smeta	smetamo	smetate	smetaju
future	future I	smetat ću1 smetaću	smetat ćeš1 smetaćeš	smetat će1 smetaće	smetat ćemo1 smetaćemo	smetat ćete1 smetaćete	smetat ćē1 smetaće
	future II	bȕdēm smetao2	bȕdēš smetao2	bȕdē smetao2	bȕdēmo smetali2	bȕdēte smetali2	bȕdū smetali2
past	perfect	smetao sam2	smetao si2	smetao je2	smetali smo2	smetali ste2	smetali su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam smetao2	bȉo si smetao2	bȉo je smetao2	bíli smo smetali2	bíli ste smetali2	bíli su smetali2
	imperfect	smetah	smetaše	smetaše	smetasmo	smetaste	smetahu
conditional	conditional I	smetao bih2	smetao bi2	smetao bi2	smetali bismo2	smetali biste2	smetali bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih smetao2	bȉo bi smetao2	bȉo bi smetao2	bíli bismo smetali2	bíli biste smetali2	bíli bi smetali2
imperative		—	smetaj	—	smetajmo	smetajte	—
active past participle		smetao m / smetala f / smetalo n			smetali m / smetale f / smetala n
passive past participle		smetan m / smetana f / smetano n			smetani m / smetane f / smetana 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.

Derived terms

• zasmétati