intencionalno

Intencionalno is an adverb meaning intentionally or deliberately, used in several South Slavic languages such as Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin. It commonly appears in formal, academic, or legal texts. In everyday speech, speakers more often use namerno to express intentionality; intencionalno may appear when a more precise or formal tone is desired or in translations from Latin- or English-based terminology.

The word derives from the noun intencija (intention) with the adverbial suffix -no, reflecting a common Slavic pattern for forming adverbs from nouns. Its root is cognate with Latin intentio and with English forms related to intention. The concept it encodes denotes actions carried out with purpose, as opposed to by chance or accidentally.

In usage, intencionalno often marks deliberate behavior in legal, ethical, or analytical writing, where a clear distinction between intentional and unintentional actions is important. It is less common in colloquial speech, where more everyday terms are preferred.

See also: intention, intentionality, deliberate action.