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båda

both/ˈboːˌda/

båda as a pronoun

Meaning

both

In Swedish: samtliga av två, bägge

båda as a determiner

Meaning

both; either, each of two

båda as a verb

Meaning

announce, betoken; bode

Conjugation

Conjugation of båda (announce)
Infinitive	att båda	to announce
Present	bådar	jag bådar
Past	bådade	jag bådade
Supine	bådat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har bådat	jag har bådat
Past perfect	hade bådat	jag hade bådat
Future	ska båda	or: kommer att båda
Conditional	skulle båda	jag skulle båda
Imperative	båda!	a command
Present participle	bådande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of båda
Infinitive	bådas
Present	bådas
Past	bådades
Supine	bådats

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 bådar. See the four verb groups explained.

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What does båda mean?

båda in a sentence

en väg med trafik i båda riktningarna
a road with two-way traffic
Jag vill se båda filmerna.
I want to see both movies.
det här bådar inte gott
this doesn't bode well

Expressions

det bådar (inte) gott för framtiden
this augurs ill for the future

Questions

What does båda mean in English?

båda means “both”.

What is the past tense of båda?

The past tense of båda is bådade (“jag bådade”). The supine is bådat, used in “jag har bådat”.

What is the present tense of båda?

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

Similar words

bägge

Origin

From Old Swedish bāþir, bāþe, from Old Norse báðir.

Nearby common words

båda is number 387 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

383män men
384helst rather, preferably, any, any way, any how
385haft had
386nästan almost
388dum stupid, nasty
389handla act, take action, do, buy
390svårt hard, difficult, tricky, difficult
391lägg lay

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