Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

avfyra

discharge, let off, fire

Meaning

discharge; let off; fire

In Swedish: avlossa

Conjugation

Conjugation of avfyra (discharge)
Infinitive	att avfyra	to discharge
Present	avfyrar	jag avfyrar
Past	avfyrade	jag avfyrade
Supine	avfyrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har avfyrat	jag har avfyrat
Past perfect	hade avfyrat	jag hade avfyrat
Future	ska avfyra	or: kommer att avfyra
Conditional	skulle avfyra	jag skulle avfyra
Imperative	avfyra!	a command
Present participle	avfyrande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	avfyrad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of avfyra
Infinitive	avfyras
Present	avfyras
Past	avfyrades
Supine	avfyrats

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 avfyrar. See the four verb groups explained.

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avfyra in a sentence

avfyra ett skott
fire a shot
avfyra en pistol
fire a gun
avfyra tio skott
fire ten bullets
avfyra en fyrverkeripjäs
fire a piece of fireworks
avfyra en torped
launch/fire a torpedo

Questions

What does avfyra mean in English?

avfyra means “discharge, let off”.

What is the past tense of avfyra?

The past tense of avfyra is avfyrade (“jag avfyrade”). The supine is avfyrat, used in “jag har avfyrat”.

What is the present tense of avfyra?

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

Similar words

ge fyr

Origin

av + fyra

Nearby common words

avfyra is number 2,652 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,648organisation organization
2,649burk tin, can (US)
2,650hylla honour, pay tribute to
2,651inklusive including, inclusive of
2,653härlig lovely, glorious
2,655glasögon glasses, spectacles
2,656knuffa push, shove
2,657elda burn, light a fire

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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