Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

befria

liberate, release, rescue, set free

Meaning

liberate; release; rescue; set free

In Swedish: göra fri, rädda; låta slippa

Conjugation

Conjugation of befria (liberate)
Infinitive	att befria	to liberate
Present	befriar	jag befriar
Past	befriade	jag befriade
Supine	befriat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har befriat	jag har befriat
Past perfect	hade befriat	jag hade befriat
Future	ska befria	or: kommer att befria
Conditional	skulle befria	jag skulle befria
Imperative	befria!	a command
Present participle	befriande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	befriad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of befria
Infinitive	befrias
Present	befrias
Past	befriades
Supine	befriats

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 befriar. See the four verb groups explained.

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befria in a sentence

bli befriad från skatt
be declared exempt from tax
befrias från misstankar
be cleared of suspicion
landet befriades från diktatur
the nation was liberated from dictatorship

Questions

What does befria mean in English?

befria means “liberate, release”.

What is the past tense of befria?

The past tense of befria is befriade (“jag befriade”). The supine is befriat, used in “jag har befriat”.

What is the present tense of befria?

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

Similar words

frigörasläppafrigefrisläppa

Origin

From Middle Low German bevrien and German befreien.

Nearby common words

befria is number 2,088 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,083lågt low, lowly, lowly, meanly
2,084pastor pastor
2,085riva scratch, tear
2,087vunnit won
2,089spelare player
2,090behåll intact, unharmed, "still kept", condition, (in condition sense) keep
2,091rymd space
2,092vinnare winner

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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