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agera

act as, act

Meaning

act as; act

In Swedish: spela (rollen av)

Conjugation

Conjugation of agera (act as)
Infinitive	att agera	to act as
Present	agerar	jag agerar
Past	agerade	jag agerade
Supine	agerat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har agerat	jag har agerat
Past perfect	hade agerat	jag hade agerat
Future	ska agera	or: kommer att agera
Conditional	skulle agera	jag skulle agera
Imperative	agera!	a command
Present participle	agerande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	agerad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of agera
Infinitive	ageras
Present	ageras
Past	agerades
Supine	agerats

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 agerar. See the four verb groups explained.

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agera in a sentence

teatereleven agerade upprorisk tonåring
the drama student played the part of a rebellious teenager
agera självständigt
act independently
agera försiktigt
act cautiously

Questions

What does agera mean in English?

agera means “act as, act”.

What is the past tense of agera?

The past tense of agera is agerade (“jag agerade”). The supine is agerat, used in “jag har agerat”.

What is the present tense of agera?

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

Similar words

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin agō (“to act”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti.

Nearby common words

agera is number 1,755 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,750naturlig natural
1,751magisk magic, magical
1,752spark kick, kick sled
1,753press press, strain
1,756förändring change
1,757oro anxiety, concern
1,758okänd unknown
1,759varg wolf

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