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backa

back, reverse

Meaning

back; reverse

In Swedish: gå el. köra bakåt

Conjugation

Conjugation of backa (back)
Infinitive	att backa	to back
Present	backar	jag backar
Past	backade	jag backade
Supine	backat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har backat	jag har backat
Past perfect	hade backat	jag hade backat
Future	ska backa	or: kommer att backa
Conditional	skulle backa	jag skulle backa
Imperative	backa!	a command
Present participle	backande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	backad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of backa
Infinitive	backas
Present	backas
Past	backades
Supine	backats

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 backar. See the four verb groups explained.

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backa in a sentence

Kan du backa lite så att du inte är i vägen när jag backar med bilen?
Could you back up a bit so you're not in the way when I reverse the car?
Laget backade tre placeringar
The team dropped three places (figurative)
Jag har ändrat mig. Jag backar ur.
I've changed my mind. I'm backing out.
Jag backar dig!
I support you!

Questions

What does backa mean in English?

backa means “back, reverse”.

What is the past tense of backa?

The past tense of backa is backade (“jag backade”). The supine is backat, used in “jag har backat”.

What is the present tense of backa?

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

Similar words

gå tillbakareversera

Nearby common words

backa is number 1,256 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,252kund customer
1,253kallad called
1,254vittne witness
1,255mage stomach, belly
1,257signal signal; ring
1,258hantera handle, manage
1,259mörker darkness
1,261kök kitchen, stove

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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