podmazati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pod- +‎ mazati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒdmazati/
  • Hyphenation: pod‧ma‧za‧ti

Verb

pòdmazati pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀дмазати)

  1. (transitive) to lubricate, oil
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to grease the palm (of), grease palms, i.e. to bribe

Conjugation

Conjugation of podmazati
infinitive podmazati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb pòdmazāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present podmažem podmažeš podmaže podmažemo podmažete podmažu
future future I podmazat ću1
podmazaću
podmazat ćeš1
podmazaćeš
podmazat će1
podmazaće
podmazat ćemo1
podmazaćemo
podmazat ćete1
podmazaćete
podmazat ćē1
podmazaće
future II bȕdēm podmazao2 bȕdēš podmazao2 bȕdē podmazao2 bȕdēmo podmazali2 bȕdēte podmazali2 bȕdū podmazali2
past perfect podmazao sam2 podmazao si2 podmazao je2 podmazali smo2 podmazali ste2 podmazali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam podmazao2 bȉo si podmazao2 bȉo je podmazao2 bíli smo podmazali2 bíli ste podmazali2 bíli su podmazali2
aorist podmazah podmaza podmaza podmazasmo podmazaste podmazaše
conditional conditional I podmazao bih2 podmazao bi2 podmazao bi2 podmazali bismo2 podmazali biste2 podmazali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih podmazao2 bȉo bi podmazao2 bȉo bi podmazao2 bíli bismo podmazali2 bíli biste podmazali2 bíli bi podmazali2
imperative podmaži podmažimo podmažite
active past participle podmazao m / podmazala f / podmazalo n podmazali m / podmazale f / podmazala n
passive past participle podmazan m / podmazana f / podmazano n podmazani m / podmazane f / podmazana 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.

References

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