Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

besegra

conquer, beat, vanquish/bəˈseːɡra/

Meaning

conquer; beat; vanquish

In Swedish: vinna (seger) över, slå

Conjugation

Conjugation of besegra (conquer)
Infinitive	att besegra	to conquer
Present	besegrar	jag besegrar
Past	besegrade	jag besegrade
Supine	besegrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har besegrat	jag har besegrat
Past perfect	hade besegrat	jag hade besegrat
Future	ska besegra	or: kommer att besegra
Conditional	skulle besegra	jag skulle besegra
Imperative	besegra!	a command
Present participle	besegrande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	besegrad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of besegra
Infinitive	besegras
Present	besegras
Past	besegrades
Supine	besegrats

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 besegrar. See the four verb groups explained.

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besegra in a sentence

IFK besegrade Malmö FF på hemmaplan
IFK beat Malmö FF at home
Romarna besegrade kartagerna.
The Romans defeated the Carthaginians.

Questions

What does besegra mean in English?

besegra means “conquer, beat”.

What is the past tense of besegra?

The past tense of besegra is besegrade (“jag besegrade”). The supine is besegrat, used in “jag har besegrat”.

What is the present tense of besegra?

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

Similar words

erövraövervinnavinna

Origin

Calque of German besiegen, equivalent to be- + segra.

Nearby common words

besegra is number 1,918 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,913befinna find/be situated
1,915vilse to a lost state, no longer knowing where one is, having lost orientation
1,916cigarett a cigarette
1,917paus pause, break
1,919släkt family, relatives
1,920hann managed, advanced
1,921nyfiken curious
1,922likadant similarly; in the same manner

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