Definitions
- 1.to be needed, to be required (+ dative: by (someone))
Treba mi novi auto.
I need a new car.
- 2.to need, require
Mislila sam da trebaš pomoć.
I thought you might need help.
- 3.to be necessary, should
Trebao bih o tome razgovarati s ocem
I should discuss it with my father.
Jesi li siguran da bismo trebali raditi ovo?
Are you sure we should be doing this?
Nismo to trebali učiniti.
We shouldn't have done it.
- 4.to be supposed to, to have to
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?
Synonyms & related words
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *terbati.
Forms
- bíli ste trebalipast • pluperfect • plural
- bíli su trebalipast • pluperfect • plural • third-person
- trebahimperfect • past • singular
- trebašeimperfect • past • singular
- trebašeimperfect • past • singular • third-person
- trebasmoimperfect • past • plural
- trebasteimperfect • past • plural
- trebahuimperfect • past • plural • third-person
- trebao bihconditional • conditional-i • singular
- trebao biconditional • conditional-i • singular
- trebao biconditional • conditional-i • singular • third-person
- trebali bismoconditional • conditional-i • plural
- trebali bisteconditional • conditional-i • plural
- trebali biconditional • conditional-i • plural • third-person
- bȉo bih trebaoconditional • conditional-ii • singular
- bȉo bi trebaoconditional • conditional-ii • singular
- bȉo bi trebaoconditional • conditional-ii • singular • third-person
- bíli bismo trebaliconditional • conditional-ii • plural
- bíli biste trebaliconditional • conditional-ii • plural
- bíli bi trebaliconditional • conditional-ii • plural • third-person
- -imperative • singular
- trebajimperative • singular
- -imperative • singular • third-person
- trȅbaticanonical • imperfective
- тре̏батиcyrillic
- trebatiinfinitive
- trȅbānjenoun-from-verb
- trebampresent • singular
- trebašpresent • singular
- trebapresent • singular • third-person
- trebamoplural • present
- trebateplural • present
- trebajuplural • present • third-person
- trebat ćufuture • future-i • singular
- trebaćufuture • future-i • singular
- trebat ćešfuture • future-i • singular
- trebaćešfuture • future-i • singular
- trebat ćefuture • future-i • singular • third-person
- trebaćefuture • future-i • singular • third-person
- trebat ćemofuture • future-i • plural
- trebaćemofuture • future-i • plural
- trebat ćetefuture • future-i • plural
- trebaćetefuture • future-i • plural
- trebat ćе̄future • future-i • plural • third-person
- bȕdēm trebaofuture • future-ii • singular
- bȕdēš trebaofuture • future-ii • singular
- bȕdē trebaofuture • future-ii • singular • third-person
- bȕdēmo trebalifuture • future-ii • plural
- bȕdēte trebalifuture • future-ii • plural
- bȕdū trebalifuture • future-ii • plural • third-person
- trebao sampast • perfect • singular
- trebao sipast • perfect • singular
- trebao jepast • perfect • singular • third-person
- trebali smopast • perfect • plural
- trebali stepast • perfect • plural
- trebali supast • perfect • plural • third-person
- bȉo sam trebaopast • pluperfect • singular
- bȉo si trebaopast • pluperfect • singular
- bȉo je trebaopast • pluperfect • singular • third-person
- bíli smo trebalipast • pluperfect • plural
- trebajmoimperative • plural
- trebajteimperative • plural
- -imperative • plural • third-person
- tribatialternative • ikavian
- trjebatialternative • obsolete
Conjugation
Infinitive:trebati
| he/she/it | treba |
| they | trebaju |
he/she/it
treba
they
trebaju