preoteti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pre- +‎ oteti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /preǒteːti/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧o‧te‧ti

Verb

preòtēti pf (Cyrillic spelling прео̀те̄ти)

  1. (transitive) to kidnap back, to take back what was kidnapped from oneself.
  2. (transitive) to hijack (forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination)

Conjugation

Conjugation of preoteti
infinitive preoteti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb preòtēvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present preotmem preotmeš preotme preotmemo preotmete preotmu
future future I preotet ću1
preoteću
preotet ćeš1
preotećeš
preotet će1
preoteće
preotet ćemo1
preotećemo
preotet ćete1
preotećete
preotet ćē1
preoteće
future II bȕdēm preoteo2 bȕdēš preoteo2 bȕdē preoteo2 bȕdēmo preoteli2 bȕdēte preoteli2 bȕdū preoteli2
past perfect preoteo sam2 preoteo si2 preoteo je2 preoteli smo2 preoteli ste2 preoteli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam preoteo2 bȉo si preoteo2 bȉo je preoteo2 bíli smo preoteli2 bíli ste preoteli2 bíli su preoteli2
aorist preoteh preote preote preotesmo preoteste preoteše
conditional conditional I preoteo bih2 preoteo bi2 preoteo bi2 preoteli bismo2 preoteli biste2 preoteli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih preoteo2 bȉo bi preoteo2 bȉo bi preoteo2 bíli bismo preoteli2 bíli biste preoteli2 bíli bi preoteli2
imperative preotmi preotmimo preotmite
active past participle preoteo m / preotela f / preotelo n preoteli m / preotele f / preotela n
passive past participle preotet m / preoteta f / preoteto n preoteti m / preotete f / preoteta 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.

Further reading

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