trebati

== Serbo-Croatian == === Alternative forms === tribati (Ikavian) trjebati (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *terbati. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /trêbati/ Hyphenation: tre‧ba‧ti === Verb === trȅbati impf (Cyrillic spelling тре̏бати) (Bosnia, Serbia, intransitive) to be needed, to be required (+ dative: by (someone)) Treba mi novi auto. ― I need a new car. Mislila sam da ti treba pomoć. ― I thought you might need help. (Croatia, transitive) to need, require Trebam novi auto. ― I need a new car. Mislila sam da trebaš pomoć. ― I thought you might need help. (Bosnia, Serbia, impersonal) to be necessary, should (with da + present tense) Trebalo bi da o tome razgovaram s ocem. ― I should discuss it with my father. Jesi li siguran da bi trebalo ovo da radimo? ― Are you sure we should be doing this? Nije trebalo to da učinimo. ― We shouldn't have done it. (Croatia, transitive) should [with infinitive] Trebao bih o tome razgovarati s ocem. ― I should discuss it with my father. Jesi li siguran da bismo trebali ovo raditi? ― Are you sure we should be doing this? Nismo to trebali učiniti. ― We shouldn't have done it. (transitive) to be supposed to, to have to [with infinitive] Samo mi trebaš v(j)erovati. ― You just have to trust me on it. Tko ga je trebao zaustaviti? ― Who was supposed to stop him? ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== pȍtreba ȕpotreba ùstrebati zàtrebati === References === “trebati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026