Swedish verb

avtala

arrange, agree, come to an agreement

Meaning

arrange; agree; come to an agreement

In Swedish: komma överens om

Conjugation

Conjugation of avtala (arrange)
Infinitive	att avtala	to arrange
Present	avtalar	jag avtalar
Past	avtalade	jag avtalade
Supine	avtalat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har avtalat	jag har avtalat
Past perfect	hade avtalat	jag hade avtalat
Future	ska avtala	or: kommer att avtala
Conditional	skulle avtala	jag skulle avtala
Imperative	avtala!	a command
Present participle	avtalande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	avtalad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of avtala
Infinitive	avtalas
Present	avtalas
Past	avtalades
Supine	avtalats

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 avtalar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (avtala). Which is the past tense?

avtala in a sentence

vi möttes på avtalad tid
we met at the agreed time

Questions

What does avtala mean in English?

avtala means “arrange, agree”.

What is the past tense of avtala?

The past tense of avtala is avtalade (“jag avtalade”). The supine is avtalat, used in “jag har avtalat”.

What is the present tense of avtala?

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

Similar words

bestämma

Origin

From Old Swedish aftala, equivalent to av- + tala.

Nearby common words

avtala is number 7,954 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

7,950tillkännagivande an announcement
7,951flöt flowed
7,952norska Norwegian, Norwegian woman
7,953lekplats a playground, a place (usually identical from year to year) where animals engage in lek
7,955barbarisk barbarous, barbaric
7,956hektar hectare
7,957myteri mutiny
7,958motiverad motivated

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