tražiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From trȃg (“trace, footstep”), thus the original meaning being "to follow the traces of".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trǎːʒiti/
• Hyphenation: tra‧ži‧ti

Verb

trážiti impf (Cyrillic spelling тра́жити)

1. (transitive) to seek, look for, search (something that is lost, unknown, or not present)

   tražiti nekoga — to look for somebody

   traži se osoba za rad u pekari — a person is wanted for work in the bakery

   traži se — wanted, needed (in ads)

   tražiti sreću — to seek happiness

   tražiti pomoć — to seek help

   tražiti posao — to look for a job

2. (transitive) to stubbornly plead, demand, call for, request

   tražiti pravdu — to demand justice

   ovo traži brzu reakciju — this calls for a rapid response

3. (transitive, intransitive) to require

   bilja za rast traži vodu — plant requires water for growth

4. (transitive) to look up (word in a dictionary or reference work)

   tražiti r(ij)eč u r(j)ečniku — to look up a word in the dictionary

5. (reflexive) to have no purpose in life yet, not to know what one wants yet, to have an identity crisis

   još se tražim — I'm still having an identity crisis

6. idiomatic and figurative senses

   tražiti puno — to be demanding, ask a lot

   tražiti odštetu — to claim compensation

   što si tražio to si i dobio — you asked for it

Conjugation

Conjugation of tražiti

Infinitive: tražiti		Present verbal adverb: trážēćī		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: trážēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		tražim	tražiš	traži	tražimo	tražite	traže
Future	Future I	tražit ću2 tražiću	tražit ćeš2 tražićeš	tražit će2 tražiće	tražit ćemo2 tražićemo	tražit ćete2 tražićete	tražit će2 tražiće
	Future II	budem tražio1	budeš tražio1	bude tražio1	budemo tražili1	budete tražili1	budu tražili1
Past	Perfect	tražio sam1	tražio si1	tražio je1	tražili smo1	tražili ste1	tražili su1
	Pluperfect	bio sam tražio1	bio si tražio1	bio je tražio1	bili smo tražili1	bili ste tražili1	bili su tražili1
	Imperfect	tražah	tražaše	tražaše	tražasmo	tražaste	tražahu
Conditional I		tražio bih1	tražio bi1	tražio bi1	tražili bismo1	tražili biste1	tražili bi1
Conditional II		bio bih tražio1	bio bi tražio1	bio bi tražio1	bili bismo tražili1	bili biste tražili1	bili bi tražili1
Imperative		—	traži	—	tražimo	tražite	—
Active past participle		tražio m / tražila f / tražilo n			tražili m / tražile f / tražila n
Passive past participle		tražen m / tražena f / traženo n			traženi m / tražene f / tražena n
1   For the masculine; agent of feminine or neuter gender would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and the auxiliary verb, respectively. 2   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.

Derived terms

• zatrážiti
• potrážiti

Synonyms

• (seek, search, look for): ìskati (regional)
• (plead, demand, call for): zahtijévati / zahtévati
• (require): iziskívati