švercati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of German schwarz +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃʋêrt͡sati/

Verb

švȅrcati impf (Cyrillic spelling шве̏рцати)

  1. (ambitransitive) to smuggle
    Synonym: krijumčariti
  2. (reflexive) to travel by fare-dodging; ride on public transportation without a paid ticket

Conjugation

Conjugation of švercati
infinitive švercati
present verbal adverb švȅrcajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun švȅrcānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present švercam švercaš šverca švercamo švercate švercaju
future future I švercat ću1
švercaću
švercat ćeš1
švercaćeš
švercat će1
švercaće
švercat ćemo1
švercaćemo
švercat ćete1
švercaćete
švercat ćē1
švercaće
future II bȕdēm švercao2 bȕdēš švercao2 bȕdē švercao2 bȕdēmo švercali2 bȕdēte švercali2 bȕdū švercali2
past perfect švercao sam2 švercao si2 švercao je2 švercali smo2 švercali ste2 švercali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam švercao2 bȉo si švercao2 bȉo je švercao2 bíli smo švercali2 bíli ste švercali2 bíli su švercali2
imperfect švercah švercaše švercaše švercasmo švercaste švercahu
conditional conditional I švercao bih2 švercao bi2 švercao bi2 švercali bismo2 švercali biste2 švercali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih švercao2 bȉo bi švercao2 bȉo bi švercao2 bíli bismo švercali2 bíli biste švercali2 bíli bi švercali2
imperative švercaj švercajmo švercajte
active past participle švercao m / švercala f / švercalo n švercali m / švercale f / švercala n
passive past participle švercan m / švercana f / švercano n švercani m / švercane f / švercana 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.