Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

bevara

protect, preserve, maintain, save

Meaning

protect; preserve; maintain; save

In Swedish: ha kvar, spara, behålla; skydda

Conjugation

Conjugation of bevara (protect)
Infinitive	att bevara	to protect
Present	bevarar	jag bevarar
Past	bevarade	jag bevarade
Supine	bevarat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har bevarat	jag har bevarat
Past perfect	hade bevarat	jag hade bevarat
Future	ska bevara	or: kommer att bevara
Conditional	skulle bevara	jag skulle bevara
Imperative	bevara!	a command
Present participle	bevarande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	bevarad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of bevara
Infinitive	bevaras
Present	bevaras
Past	bevarades
Supine	bevarats

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 bevarar. See the four verb groups explained.

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bevara in a sentence

bevara det gamla
conserve the old
bevara sysselsättningen
keep employment up

Questions

What does bevara mean in English?

bevara means “protect, preserve”.

What is the past tense of bevara?

The past tense of bevara is bevarade (“jag bevarade”). The supine is bevarat, used in “jag har bevarat”.

What is the present tense of bevara?

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

Similar words

bibehållahålla kvarvårda

Origin

From Old Swedish bevara, from Middle Low German bewaren, from Proto-Germanic *biwarōną from *bi- + *warōną.

Nearby common words

bevara is number 2,308 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,304ström having strong currents (of a watercourse), "currenty"
2,305utveckla develop, elaborate
2,306grotta cave
2,307docka puppet, dummy
2,309bomba bomb
2,310medicinsk medical
2,311utbildning education
2,312tyskarna the germans

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