podrazumijeva

Podrazumijeva is a verb used in Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian to mean to imply, to entail, or to presuppose. It is employed to indicate that one statement or action includes as a necessary part or consequence another idea, fact, or obligation. In everyday and formal language, it signals that something is not merely stated but is part of the implied meaning or required outcome.

Etymology and forms: the word derives from the prefix pod- plus razumno/razumjeti (to understand), conveying the sense of something understood as part of a larger whole. The base form is podrazumijevati; the third-person singular present is podrazumijeva, with related forms including podrazumijevaju (they imply), and past forms such as podrazumijevao/podrazumijevala/podrazumijevalo.

Usage and nuance: podrazumijeva is common in legal, academic, policy, and media language, where statements carry implicit consequences or prerequisites. Examples include: “Ovaj dokument podrazumijeva dodatne obaveze,” meaning it entails additional obligations; “Njegove riječi podrazumijevaju da posjeduje više informacija.” The expression podrazumijeva se is used to denote something that goes without saying or is implicitly assumed.

Related terms: synonyms or near-synonyms include značiti, implicirati, and interpretive phrases such as “ima značiti” in some contexts. It is distinct from pretpostaviti (to assume) and pretpostavka (an assumption), which focus more on conjecture than on inherent meaning or consequence. Podrazumijeva is widely understood across BCS-language communities and remains a staple in precise or formal communication.