beväpna
Meaning
arm
In Swedish: utrusta med vapen
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att beväpna | to arm |
|---|---|---|
| Present | beväpnar | jag beväpnar |
| Past | beväpnade | jag beväpnade |
| Supine | beväpnat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har beväpnat | jag har beväpnat |
| Past perfect | hade beväpnat | jag hade beväpnat |
| Future | ska beväpna | or: kommer att beväpna |
| Conditional | skulle beväpna | jag skulle beväpna |
| Imperative | beväpna! | a command |
| Present participle | beväpnande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | beväpnad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | beväpnas |
|---|---|
| Present | beväpnas |
| Past | beväpnades |
| Supine | beväpnats |
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 beväpnar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise beväpna
1 / 2Yesterday I … (beväpna). Which is the past tense?
beväpna in a sentence
- beväpnade vakterarmed guards
- beväpna sigarm oneself
Questions
What does beväpna mean in English?
beväpna means “arm”.
What is the past tense of beväpna?
The past tense of beväpna is beväpnade (“jag beväpnade”). The supine is beväpnat, used in “jag har beväpnat”.
What is the present tense of beväpna?
beväpnar, the same for every person: jag beväpnar, du beväpnar, vi beväpnar.
Similar words
Origin
be- + väpna.
Nearby common words
beväpna is number 4,062 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 4,058angrepp attack
- 4,059avrättning execution (event or act of putting someone who can not reasonably defend themselves to death (as punishment))
- 4,060boskap livestock, cattle
- 4,061svenska Swedish, Swede
- 4,063framsida front
- 4,064investering investment
- 4,065kloster monastery, nunnery (nunnekloster)
- 4,066nämligen namely, for
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