brecati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bręcati.

Verb

brecati impf (Cyrillic spelling брецати)

1. (intransitive) twang
2. (reflexive) to be insolent
3. (reflexive) to become frightened

Conjugation

Conjugation of brecati

Infinitive: brecati		Present verbal adverb: brecajući		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: brecanje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		brecam	brecaš	breca	brecamo	brecate	brecaju
Future	Future I	brecat ću1 brecaću	brecat ćeš1 brecaćeš	brecat će1 brecaće	brecat ćemo1 brecaćemo	brecat ćete1 brecaćete	brecat će1 brecaće
	Future II	bȕdēm brecao2	bȕdēš brecao2	bȕdē brecao2	bȕdēmo brecali2	bȕdēte brecali2	bȕdū brecali2
Past	Perfect	brecao sam2	brecao si2	brecao je2	brecali smo2	brecali ste2	brecali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam brecao2	bȉo si brecao2	bȉo je brecao2	bíli smo brecali2	bíli ste brecali2	bíli su brecali2
	Imperfect	brecah	brecaše	brecaše	brecasmo	brecaste	brecahu
Conditional I		brecao bih2	brecao bi2	brecao bi2	brecali bismo2	brecali biste2	brecali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih brecao2	bȉo bi brecao2	bȉo bi brecao2	bíli bismo brecali2	bíli biste brecali2	bíli bi brecali2
Imperative		—	brecaj	—	brecajmo	brecajte	—
Active past participle		brecao m / brecala f / brecalo n			brecali m / brecale f / brecala 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.