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verovati
verovati
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ijekavian): vjȅrovati
Verb
vȅrovati impf (Cyrillic spelling ве̏ровати)
-  to believe + u (“in”)
- Ne verujem u Boga — I don't believe in God.
 
-  (intransitive) to trust (+ dative)
- Ne verujem mu — I don't trust him.
 
-  (intransitive) to hold (something as true)
- Nekad se verovalo da je Zemlja ravna ploča — It used to be held that Earth was flat.
 
Conjugation
Conjugation of verovati
| Infinitive: verovati | Present verbal adverb: vȅrujūći | Past verbal adverb: — | Verbal noun: vȅrovānje | ||||
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
| Present | verujem | veruješ | veruje | verujemo | verujete | veruju | |
| Future | Future I | verovat ću2 verovaću | verovat ćeš2 verovaćeš | verovat će2 verovaće | verovat ćemo2 verovaćemo | verovat ćete2 verovaćete | verovat će2 verovaće | 
| Future II | budem verovao1 | budeš verovao1 | bude verovao1 | budemo verovali1 | budete verovali1 | budu verovali1 | |
| Past | Perfect | verovao sam1 | verovao si1 | verovao je1 | verovali smo1 | verovali ste1 | verovali su1 | 
| Pluperfect | bio sam verovao1 | bio si verovao1 | bio je verovao1 | bili smo verovali1 | bili ste verovali1 | bili su verovali1 | |
| Imperfect | verovah | verovaše | verovaše | verovasmo | verovaste | verovahu | |
| Conditional I | verovao bih1 | verovao bi1 | verovao bi1 | verovali bismo1 | verovali biste1 | verovali bi1 | |
| Conditional II | bio bih verovao1 | bio bi verovao1 | bio bi verovao1 | bili bismo verovali1 | bili biste verovali1 | bili bi verovali1 | |
| Imperative | — | veruj | — | verujmo | verujte | — | |
| Active past participle | verovao m / verovala f / verovalo n | verovali m / verovale f / verovala 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. | |||||||
Related terms
- pòverovati pf