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bevaka

guard, watch (over)

Meaning

guard; watch (over)

In Swedish: vakta, övervaka

Conjugation

Conjugation of bevaka (guard)
Infinitive	att bevaka	to guard
Present	bevakar	jag bevakar
Past	bevakade	jag bevakade
Supine	bevakat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har bevakat	jag har bevakat
Past perfect	hade bevakat	jag hade bevakat
Future	ska bevaka	or: kommer att bevaka
Conditional	skulle bevaka	jag skulle bevaka
Imperative	bevaka!	a command
Present participle	bevakande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	bevakad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of bevaka
Infinitive	bevakas
Present	bevakas
Past	bevakades
Supine	bevakats

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 bevakar. See the four verb groups explained.

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bevaka in a sentence

soldaterna bevakade gränsen
the soldiers guarded the border
tidningarna bevakade valet
the newspapers covered the election

Questions

What does bevaka mean in English?

bevaka means “guard, watch (over)”.

What is the past tense of bevaka?

The past tense of bevaka is bevakade (“jag bevakade”). The supine is bevakat, used in “jag har bevakat”.

What is the present tense of bevaka?

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

Similar words

vakta

Origin

From Old Swedish bevaka.

Nearby common words

bevaka is number 2,390 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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2,394komplicerad complicated

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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