avboka
Meaning
cancel; to cancel (a booking), to unbook
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att avboka | to cancel |
|---|---|---|
| Present | avbokar | jag avbokar |
| Past | avbokade | jag avbokade |
| Supine | avbokat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har avbokat | jag har avbokat |
| Past perfect | hade avbokat | jag hade avbokat |
| Future | ska avboka | or: kommer att avboka |
| Conditional | skulle avboka | jag skulle avboka |
| Imperative | avboka! | a command |
| Present participle | avbokande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | avbokad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | avbokas |
|---|---|
| Present | avbokas |
| Past | avbokades |
| Supine | avbokats |
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 avbokar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise avboka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (avboka). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does avboka mean in English?
avboka means “cancel, to cancel (a booking), to unbook”.
What is the past tense of avboka?
The past tense of avboka is avbokade (“jag avbokade”). The supine is avbokat, used in “jag har avbokat”.
What is the present tense of avboka?
avbokar, the same for every person: jag avbokar, du avbokar, vi avbokar.
Origin
av (“off”) + boka (“book”)
Nearby common words
avboka is number 5,393 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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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