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kresati
kresati
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
krèsati impf (Cyrillic spelling крѐсати)
- (transitive) to prune, trim, cut, clip
- kresati grane ― to trim branches
- kresati stablo/drvo ― to prune a tree
- (transitive, slang) to have sex
- kresao sam mu sestru dok je bio na ljetovanju/letovanju ― I was having sex with his sister while he was on vacation
- (transitive) to reduce, cut, decrease
- kresali smo budžet sve dok ga nismo uravnotežili ― we kept cutting the budget until we balanced it
- (transitive, with dative) to speak openly and harshly
- nemoj mi kresati te gluposti u brk! ― stop telling me telling that nonsense off to my face!
Derived terms
- okrèsati
- skrèsati
- ukrèsati
Related terms
- krȅsnuti pf
Conjugation
Conjugation of kresati
| Infinitive: kresati | Present verbal adverb: krȅšūći | Past verbal adverb: — | Verbal noun: krèsānje | ||||
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
| Present | krešem | krešeš | kreše | krešemo | krešete | krešu | |
| Future | Future I | kresat ću2 kresaću |
kresat ćeš2 kresaćeš |
kresat će2 kresaće |
kresat ćemo2 kresaćemo |
kresat ćete2 kresaćete |
kresat će2 kresaće |
| Future II | budem kresao1 | budeš kresao1 | bude kresao1 | budemo kresali1 | budete kresali1 | budu kresali1 | |
| Past | Perfect | kresao sam1 | kresao si1 | kresao je1 | kresali smo1 | kresali ste1 | kresali su1 |
| Pluperfect | bio sam kresao1 | bio si kresao1 | bio je kresao1 | bili smo kresali1 | bili ste kresali1 | bili su kresali1 | |
| Imperfect | kresah | kresaše | kresaše | kresasmo | kresaste | kresahu | |
| Conditional I | kresao bih1 | kresao bi1 | kresao bi1 | kresali bismo1 | kresali biste1 | kresali bi1 | |
| Conditional II | bio bih kresao1 | bio bi kresao1 | bio bi kresao1 | bili bismo kresali1 | bili biste kresali1 | bili bi kresali1 | |
| Imperative | — | kreši | — | krešimo | krešite | — | |
| Active past participle | kresao m / kresala f / kresalo n | kresali m / kresale f / kresala n | |||||
| Passive past participle | kresan m / kresana f / kresano n | kresani m / kresane f / kresana n | |||||
| 1 For the masculine; agent of feminine or neuter gender would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and the auxiliary verb, respectively. 2 Standard Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. | |||||||
References
- “kresati” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (1990, Друго фототипско издање), Матица српска, Matica hrvatska (Нови Сад, Zagreb), volume 2, page 55