Swedish verb

befordra

raise, promote, send, transport

Meaning

raise; promote; send; transport; dispatch; forward

In Swedish: förflytta till högre tjänst

Conjugation

Conjugation of befordra (raise)
Infinitive	att befordra	to raise
Present	befordrar	jag befordrar
Past	befordrade	jag befordrade
Supine	befordrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har befordrat	jag har befordrat
Past perfect	hade befordrat	jag hade befordrat
Future	ska befordra	or: kommer att befordra
Conditional	skulle befordra	jag skulle befordra
Imperative	befordra!	a command
Present participle	befordrande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	befordrad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of befordra
Infinitive	befordras
Present	befordras
Past	befordrades
Supine	befordrats

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 befordrar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise befordra

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

befordra in a sentence

han befordrades till general
he was promoted to (be a) general

Questions

What does befordra mean in English?

befordra means “raise, promote”.

What is the past tense of befordra?

The past tense of befordra is befordrade (“jag befordrade”). The supine is befordrat, used in “jag har befordrat”.

What is the present tense of befordra?

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

Origin

be- + fordra, cognate with German befördern

Nearby common words

befordra is number 6,594 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,589svärfar a father-in-law; the father of someone’s spouse
6,590styvfar a stepfather, a stepdad
6,592pressad squeezed
6,593klassrum classroom (room in a school)
6,595avbrott interruption, stoppage
6,596biologi biology
6,597motto motto
6,599herrejösses my goodness, my gosh, great Scott

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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