zapovediti
заповедитиzapòvediti · /zapǒʋediti/ · perfective
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to order; to commandKomandant je zapovedio vojnicima da se povuku. — The commander ordered the soldiers to retreat.Kralj je zapovedio da se otvore gradska vrata. — The king ordered the city gates to be opened.
Pattern: zapovediti someone (dat.) + da …. The waiter's polite „Izvolite, zapovedajte!“ ('what would you like?') is from the imperfective zapovedati and sounds dated or jocular; the neutral expression is izvolite.
Synonyms:
narediti
naložiti
Conjugation, perfective
| Present tense | |
|---|---|
| ja | zapovedim |
| ti | zapovediš |
| on/ona/ono | zapovedi |
| mi | zapovedimo |
| vi | zapovedite |
| oni/one/ona | zapovede |
Past tense: zapovedio, zapovedila, zapovedilo · zapovedili, zapovedile
Future: zapovediću, zapovedićeš, zapovediće, zapovedićemo, zapovedićete, zapovediće
Imperative: zapovedi
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Updated 6 October 2026