Swedish verb

avguda

idolize, adore

Meaning

idolize; adore

In Swedish: dyrka

Conjugation

Conjugation of avguda (idolize)
Infinitive	att avguda	to idolize
Present	avgudar	jag avgudar
Past	avgudade	jag avgudade
Supine	avgudat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har avgudat	jag har avgudat
Past perfect	hade avgudat	jag hade avgudat
Future	ska avguda	or: kommer att avguda
Conditional	skulle avguda	jag skulle avguda
Imperative	avguda!	a command
Present participle	avgudande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	avgudad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of avguda
Infinitive	avgudas
Present	avgudas
Past	avgudades
Supine	avgudats

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 avgudar. See the four verb groups explained.

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avguda in a sentence

hon avgudade sin far
she idolized her father
Jag avgudar min hamster
I adore my hamster
Fansen avgudade honom
His fans worshipped him

Questions

What does avguda mean in English?

avguda means “idolize, adore”.

What is the past tense of avguda?

The past tense of avguda is avgudade (“jag avgudade”). The supine is avgudat, used in “jag har avgudat”.

What is the present tense of avguda?

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

Similar words

dyrkatillbe

Origin

From avgud (“idol, false god”) + -a.

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