Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

ångra

regret, undo

Meaning

regret; undo

In Swedish: känna ånger över, vara ledsen för (något man gjort)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ångra (regret)
Infinitive	att ångra	to regret
Present	ångrar	jag ångrar
Past	ångrade	jag ångrade
Supine	ångrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har ångrat	jag har ångrat
Past perfect	hade ångrat	jag hade ångrat
Future	ska ångra	or: kommer att ångra
Conditional	skulle ångra	jag skulle ångra
Imperative	ångra!	a command
Present participle	ångrande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	ångrad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of ångra
Infinitive	ångras
Present	ångras
Past	ångrades
Supine	ångrats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use ångrar. See the four verb groups explained.

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ångra in a sentence

jag ångrar att jag lovade komma
I regret promising to come
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Expressions

ångra sig
change one's mind

Questions

What does ångra mean in English?

ångra means “regret, undo”.

What is the past tense of ångra?

The past tense of ångra is ångrade (“jag ångrade”). The supine is ångrat, used in “jag har ångrat”.

What is the present tense of ångra?

ångrar, the same for every person: jag ångrar, du ångrar, vi ångrar.

Origin

From Old Swedish angra, from Old Norse angra (“to grieve, to vex, to distress”), equivalent to ånger + -a.

Nearby common words

ångra is number 1,243 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,239känd well-known
1,240bråka kick up a fuss, fight
1,241tillåta allow
1,242hot threat, menace
1,244bete to behave (oneself)
1,245klänning dress
1,246besök visit, stay
1,247varken neither

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