Swedish verb

banta

slim, (go on, be on a) diet

Meaning

slim, (go on, be on a) diet

In Swedish: försöka magra, svälta sig

Conjugation

Conjugation of banta (slim)
Infinitive	att banta	to slim
Present	bantar	jag bantar
Past	bantade	jag bantade
Supine	bantat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har bantat	jag har bantat
Past perfect	hade bantat	jag hade bantat
Future	ska banta	or: kommer att banta
Conditional	skulle banta	jag skulle banta
Imperative	banta!	a command
Present participle	bantande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	bantad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of banta
Infinitive	bantas
Present	bantas
Past	bantades
Supine	bantats

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 bantar. See the four verb groups explained.

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banta in a sentence

budgeten har bantats ner kraftigt
the budget has been heavily trimmed
han bantade tjugo kilo
he lost twenty kilos
att banta och gå på en sträng diet
to diet [to try to lose weight] and be on a strict diet
Jag bantar
I am on a diet
Vill man försöka gå ner i vikt så kan man banta
If you want to [try to] lose weight, you can (go on a) diet
Vi måste banta företagets utgifter.
We have to slim the company's expenditures.

Questions

What does banta mean in English?

banta means “slim, (go on, be on a) diet”.

What is the past tense of banta?

The past tense of banta is bantade (“jag bantade”). The supine is bantat, used in “jag har bantat”.

What is the present tense of banta?

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

Origin

Named after William Banting, author of an early diet.

Nearby common words

banta is number 8,187 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,183anständighet decency
8,184mala mill, grind
8,185framträda perform, appear
8,186räta straighten
8,188bundsförvant ally
8,189enig united, unanimous, agreed
8,190fanatiker fanatic
8,191försämra worsen, deteriorate

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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