podijeliti

Podijeliti is a verb used in Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian that means to divide, to distribute, or to share something with others. It is the perfective form derived from the imperfective dijeliti, with the prefix po- adding a sense of distribution or allocation and often implying completion of the action. The term applies to both tangible items and abstract allocations such as responsibilities or costs.

Common usages include distributing physical items (for example, podijeliti knjige među učenicima), allocating tasks, sharing costs (podijeliti troškove), or splitting a bill (podijeliti račun). It can also denote partitioning data or groups, such as podijeliti population into segments or podijeliti zadatke among team members. In everyday speech, podijeliti is used with a direct object and can carry nuances of planning a distribution or carrying it out.

Grammatically, podijeliti is a perfective verb, with its imperfective counterpart being dijeliti. This distinction affects aspect: podijeliti denotes a completed or planned distribution, whereas dijeliti emphasizes the process or repetition of dividing or distributing. The present tense forms of podijeliti are used for future or imminent completed actions, with the typical future construction in contexts requiring a completed result. The noun form is podjela, meaning division or distribution. Imperative forms include Podijeli! (informal singular) and Podijelite! (plural or formal).

Examples: Podijelit ću zadatke među učenicima. Podijeli račun s nama. Tijekom sastanka, karte su podijeljene po grupama.