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bedra

swindle, fool, deceive, defraud

Meaning

swindle; fool; deceive; defraud

In Swedish: lura (på pengar), svika

Conjugation

Conjugation of bedra (swindle)
Infinitive	att bedra	to swindle
Present	bedrar	jag bedrar
Past	bedrog	jag bedrog
Supine	bedragit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har bedragit	jag har bedragit
Past perfect	hade bedragit	jag hade bedragit
Future	ska bedra	or: kommer att bedra
Conditional	skulle bedra	jag skulle bedra
Imperative	bedra!	a command
Present participle	bedragande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	bedragen	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of bedra
Infinitive	bedras
Present	bedras
Past	bedrogs
Supine	bedragits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use bedrar. See the four verb groups explained.

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bedra in a sentence

bedra sina kunder
swindle one's customers
han bedrog sin fru
he was unfaithful to his wife
bedra sig (själv)
fool oneself
Du har bedragit mig!
You have deceived me!
Hon bedrog mig med en annan
She cheated on me with another man

Expressions

snålheten bedrar visheten
penny wise and pound foolish
skenet bedrar
appearances are deceptive

Questions

What does bedra mean in English?

bedra means “swindle, fool”.

What is the past tense of bedra?

The past tense of bedra is bedrog (“jag bedrog”). The supine is bedragit, used in “jag har bedragit”.

What is the present tense of bedra?

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

Similar words

svikavara otrogenlurabedragasvindla

Origin

From earlier bedraga, see there.

Nearby common words

bedra is number 4,406 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,402rand edge, border; stripe, streak, rib
4,403googla to google, to search for something on the Google search engine, to google, to search for something on the Internet using with any search engine
4,404villkorlig conditional (subject to conditions)
4,405splittra break, shatter
4,407smink greasepaint, make-up
4,408beslöt resolved, decided
4,409färre fewer
4,410negativt negative

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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