kresnuti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

See krèsati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krêsnuti/
• Hyphenation: kres‧nu‧ti

Verb

krȅsnuti pf (Cyrillic spelling кре̏снути)

1. (transitive) to ignite, strike

   kresnuti šibicu ― to ignite a match

   Kresnuli smo vatru na ognjištu. ― We ignited a fire at the hearth.

2. (transitive, colloquial) to hit, strike

   Dobro sam ga kresnuo. ― I hit him hard.

3. (transitive, colloquial) to curse

   Kresnuo sam joj mater pa se naljutila na mene. ― I cursed her mother so she got angry with me.

   Ponekad kresnem Boga kad se naljutim. ― Sometimes I curse God when I become angry.

4. (transitive, slang) to have sex

   Kresnuo sam mu sestru dok je bio na ljetovanju/letovanju. ― I had sex with his sister while he was on vacation.

Conjugation

Conjugation of kresnuti

infinitive		kresnuti
present verbal adverb		—
past verbal adverb		krȅsnūvši
verbal noun		—
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		kresnem	kresneš	kresne	kresnemo	kresnete	kresnu
future	future I	kresnut ću1 kresnuću	kresnut ćeš1 kresnućeš	kresnut će1 kresnuće	kresnut ćemo1 kresnućemo	kresnut ćete1 kresnućete	kresnut ćē1 kresnućē
	future II	bȕdēm kresnuo2	bȕdēš kresnuo2	bȕdē kresnuo2	bȕdēmo kresnuli2	bȕdēte kresnuli2	bȕdū kresnuli2
past	perfect	kresnuo sam2	kresnuo si2	kresnuo je2	kresnuli smo2	kresnuli ste2	kresnuli su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam kresnuo2	bȉo si kresnuo2	bȉo je kresnuo2	bíli smo kresnuli2	bíli ste kresnuli2	bíli su kresnuli2
	aorist	kresnuh	kresnu	kresnu	kresnusmo	kresnuste	kresnuše
conditional	conditional I	kresnuo bih2	kresnuo bi2	kresnuo bi2	kresnuli bismo2	kresnuli biste2	kresnuli bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih kresnuo2	bȉo bi kresnuo2	bȉo bi kresnuo2	bíli bismo kresnuli2	bíli biste kresnuli2	bíli bi kresnuli2
imperative		—	kresni	—	kresnimo	kresnite	—
active past participle		kresnuo m / kresnula f / kresnulo n			kresnuli m / kresnule f / kresnula n
passive past participle		kresnut m / kresnuta f / kresnuto n			kresnuti m / kresnute f / kresnuta 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.

References

• “kresnuti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026