Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

bespara

spare, save

Meaning

spare; save

In Swedish: låta slippa, förskona från

Conjugation

Conjugation of bespara (spare)
Infinitive	att bespara	to spare
Present	besparar	jag besparar
Past	besparade	jag besparade
Supine	besparat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har besparat	jag har besparat
Past perfect	hade besparat	jag hade besparat
Future	ska bespara	or: kommer att bespara
Conditional	skulle bespara	jag skulle bespara
Imperative	bespara!	a command
Present participle	besparande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	besparad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of bespara
Infinitive	besparas
Present	besparas
Past	besparades
Supine	besparats

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 besparar. See the four verb groups explained.

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bespara in a sentence

du kunde ha besparat dig det besväret
you could have saved yourself the trouble
Bespara mig ditt tjat!
Spare me your nagging!

Questions

What does bespara mean in English?

bespara means “spare, save”.

What is the past tense of bespara?

The past tense of bespara is besparade (“jag besparade”). The supine is besparat, used in “jag har besparat”.

What is the present tense of bespara?

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

Nearby common words

bespara is number 4,169 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,165begränsad limited
4,166ofarlig not dangerous, harmless
4,167salu sale
4,168avlyssna monitor, bug
4,170oförskämd insolent
4,171shoppa go (be out) shopping, shop
4,172anmäld reported (to authorities or police), registered (as a participant)
4,173allierad allied

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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