This is the 25th most frequent Croatian word.
rekao
"Rekao" means "said" in English.
In this sentence, 'rekao' is the past tense form of the verb 'reći,' conjugated for the third person singular masculine to express a completed action of telling.
On mi je rekao sve o toj situaciji.
He told me everything about that situation.
Here, 'rekao bih' uses the conditional form of 'reći' (using the past participle along with the conditional marker 'bih') to express a hypothetical action of telling.
Rekao bih ti, ali nije pravo vrijeme.
I would tell you, but it is not the right time.
In this example, 'rekao' is used in a negative past context, maintaining its role as the masculine past tense form of 'reći.'