instalirati

Instalirati is a verb used in Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian to denote the act of placing a device or software into operation, i.e., to set up for use. It is commonly applied to software installation, hardware mounting, and system setup, including operating systems, programs, drivers, or firmware. It covers both digital and physical installation tasks and is widely understood in IT, engineering, and everyday computing.

Etymology and usage: Instalirati is a loanword from English install, with cognates in related South Slavic languages. The related noun instalacija denotes the act or result of installing. In contemporary usage it refers to preparing a product to function within a wider system, whether software, hardware, or firmware.

Usage examples: Instalirati program (install a program), instalirati operativni sistem (install an operating system), instalirati drajver (install a driver), and instalirati sigurnosno ažuriranje (install a security update). In hardware contexts it can also mean mounting or integrating a device as part of a larger system.

Conjugation and forms: In present tense, the verb behaves like other -irati verbs: ja instaliram, ti instaliraš, on instalira; mi instaliramo, vi instalirate, oni instaliraju. The past tense is formed with the auxiliary be-verb and the participle: instalirao (masculine), instalirala (feminine). Future forms are typically rendered as instalirat ću or instaliraću in contemporary speech.

See also: instalacija, postaviti, ugraditi, software installation, hardware installation.