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anropa

call

Meaning

call

In Swedish: kalla på (via radio etc)

Conjugation

Conjugation of anropa (call)
Infinitive	att anropa	to call
Present	anropar	jag anropar
Past	anropade	jag anropade
Supine	anropat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har anropat	jag har anropat
Past perfect	hade anropat	jag hade anropat
Future	ska anropa	or: kommer att anropa
Conditional	skulle anropa	jag skulle anropa
Imperative	anropa!	a command
Present participle	anropande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	anropad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of anropa
Infinitive	anropas
Present	anropas
Past	anropades
Supine	anropats

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 anropar. See the four verb groups explained.

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anropa in a sentence

flygplanet anropade kontrolltornet på Arlanda
the aircraft called the control tower at Arlanda

Questions

What does anropa mean in English?

anropa means “call”.

What is the past tense of anropa?

The past tense of anropa is anropade (“jag anropade”). The supine is anropat, used in “jag har anropat”.

What is the present tense of anropa?

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

Origin

anrop + -a

Nearby common words

anropa is number 2,722 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,717hiss lift, (elevator (US))
2,718långsam slow, sluggish
2,719hemifrån from home, away from home
2,721ros rose, praise
2,723hälla pour
2,724feta boldface (set or print in boldface)
2,725imponerad impressed
2,726vansinne madness

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary