upaliti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *upaliti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /upǎːliti/
• Hyphenation: u‧pa‧li‧ti

Verb

upáliti pf (Cyrillic spelling упа́лити)

1. (transitive) to set fire to, set on fire, burn, light, ignite
2. (reflexive) catch fire, go up in flames
3. (transitive) to turn on (light or electrical device), to switch on, start (a machine)

   Ako se računalo odjednom ugasi, pokušajte ga ponovo upaliti. ― If the computer suddenly turns off, try turning it on again.

4. (reflexive) to inflame, become inflamed, puff up, swell up
5. (informal) to work, to work out, to turn out well, come off, succeed

   Nadam se da će nam plan upaliti. ― I hope that our plan will work out.

Conjugation

Conjugation of upaliti

Infinitive: upaliti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: upálīvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		upalim	upališ	upali	upalimo	upalite	upale
Future	Future I	upalit ću1 upaliću	upalit ćeš1 upalićeš	upalit će1 upaliće	upalit ćemo1 upalićemo	upalit ćete1 upalićete	upalit će1 upaliće
	Future II	bȕdēm upalio2	bȕdēš upalio2	bȕdē upalio2	bȕdēmo upalili2	bȕdēte upalili2	bȕdū upalili2
Past	Perfect	upalio sam2	upalio si2	upalio je2	upalili smo2	upalili ste2	upalili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam upalio2	bȉo si upalio2	bȉo je upalio2	bíli smo upalili2	bíli ste upalili2	bíli su upalili2
	Aorist	upalih	upali	upali	upalismo	upaliste	upališe
Conditional I		upalio bih2	upalio bi2	upalio bi2	upalili bismo2	upalili biste2	upalili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih upalio2	bȉo bi upalio2	bȉo bi upalio2	bíli bismo upalili2	bíli biste upalili2	bíli bi upalili2
Imperative		—	upali	—	upalimo	upalite	—
Active past participle		upalio m / upalila f / upalilo n			upalili m / upalile f / upalila n
Passive past participle		upaljen m / upaljena f / upaljeno n			upaljeni m / upaljene f / upaljena 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.

Related terms

• upaljívati impf

Further reading

• “upaliti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024