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zabaviti

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zabaviti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zǎbaʋiti/
  • Hyphenation: za‧ba‧vi‧ti

Verb

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zàbaviti pf (Cyrillic spelling за̀бавити)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to amuse, entertain, have fun
  2. (transitive) to draw, keep somebody's attention
  3. (reflexive) to be occupied with something, to spend or waste some time doing something

Conjugation

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Conjugation of zabaviti
infinitive zabaviti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb zàbavīvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present zabavim zabaviš zabavi zabavimo zabavite zabave
future future I zabavit ću1
zabaviću
zabavit ćeš1
zabavićeš
zabavit će1
zabaviće
zabavit ćemo1
zabavićemo
zabavit ćete1
zabavićete
zabavit ćē1
zabaviće
future II bȕdēm zabavio2 bȕdēš zabavio2 bȕdē zabavio2 bȕdēmo zabavili2 bȕdēte zabavili2 bȕdū zabavili2
past perfect zabavio sam2 zabavio si2 zabavio je2 zabavili smo2 zabavili ste2 zabavili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam zabavio2 bȉo si zabavio2 bȉo je zabavio2 bíli smo zabavili2 bíli ste zabavili2 bíli su zabavili2
aorist zabavih zabavi zabavi zabavismo zabaviste zabaviše
conditional conditional I zabavio bih2 zabavio bi2 zabavio bi2 zabavili bismo2 zabavili biste2 zabavili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih zabavio2 bȉo bi zabavio2 bȉo bi zabavio2 bíli bismo zabavili2 bíli biste zabavili2 bíli bi zabavili2
imperative zabavi zabavimo zabavite
active past participle zabavio m / zabavila f / zabavilo n zabavili m / zabavile f / zabavila n
passive past participle zabavljen m / zabavljena f / zabavljeno n zabavljeni m / zabavljene f / zabavljena 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.

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See also

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Further reading

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  • zabaviti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025