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bekämpa

control, fight, combat, resist

Meaning

control; fight; combat; resist

In Swedish: kämpa mot, motarbeta

Conjugation

Conjugation of bekämpa (control)
Infinitive	att bekämpa	to control
Present	bekämpar	jag bekämpar
Past	bekämpade	jag bekämpade
Supine	bekämpat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har bekämpat	jag har bekämpat
Past perfect	hade bekämpat	jag hade bekämpat
Future	ska bekämpa	or: kommer att bekämpa
Conditional	skulle bekämpa	jag skulle bekämpa
Imperative	bekämpa!	a command
Present participle	bekämpande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	bekämpad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of bekämpa
Infinitive	bekämpas
Present	bekämpas
Past	bekämpades
Supine	bekämpats

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 bekämpar. See the four verb groups explained.

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bekämpa in a sentence

bekämpa fienden
fight the enemy
bekämpa människohandel
combat human trafficking
Bekämpningsmedel används för att bekämpa insekter
Pesticides are used to combat insects
bekämpa halkan med grus och salt
combat [the] slipperiness with gravel and salt

Questions

What does bekämpa mean in English?

bekämpa means “control, fight”.

What is the past tense of bekämpa?

The past tense of bekämpa is bekämpade (“jag bekämpade”). The supine is bekämpat, used in “jag har bekämpat”.

What is the present tense of bekämpa?

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

Similar words

slåss mot

Origin

From German bekämpfen, equivalent to be- + kämpa.

Nearby common words

bekämpa is number 2,964 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,960fattad taken, grasped, understood
2,961generation generation
2,962reklam advertising, publicity
2,963glädja delight, please
2,966go good, alternative form of god (chiefly of taste)
2,967ty to cling to, to turn to [someone/something] for protection or comfort.
2,968blyg timid, shy
2,969konsert concert

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