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blåsa

blow

blåsa as a verb

Meaning

blow

In Swedish: (om vind:) röra sig, fläkta; (om människa:) sätta luft i rörelse (med lungorna)

Conjugation

Conjugation of blåsa (blow)
Infinitive	att blåsa	to blow
Present	blåser	jag blåser
Past	blåste	jag blåste
Supine	blåst	used after har / hade
Perfect	har blåst	jag har blåst
Past perfect	hade blåst	jag hade blåst
Future	ska blåsa	or: kommer att blåsa
Conditional	skulle blåsa	jag skulle blåsa
Imperative	blås!	a command
Present participle	blåsande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	blåst	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of blåsa
Infinitive	blåsas
Present	blåses
Past	blåstes
Supine	blåsts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use blåser. See the four verb groups explained.

blåsa as a noun(en blåsa)

Meaning

blister; bladder

In Swedish: svullnad på huden (som innehåller vätska)

Forms

Forms of blåsa
Singular, indefinite	en blåsa
Singular, definite	blåsan
Plural, indefinite	blåsor
Plural, definite	blåsorna

blåsa is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor blåsa, den stora blåsan. Check another noun

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blåsa in a sentence

han blåste ut ljuset
he blew out the light
det blåste upp
the wind rose
Jag fick blåsa idag på väg till jobbet.
I got breathalysed on my way to work today.
Han blev blåst på pengar
He was cheated out of money
Jag tror de blåste dig
I think they pulled a fast one on you
jag har fått en blåsa på foten
I've got a blister on my foot

Expressions

bli blåst
be swindled

Words built with blåsa

blåsinstrument wind instrument
blåsorkester brass band
urinblåsa urinary bladder
gallblåsa gall bladder

Questions

What does blåsa mean in English?

blåsa means “blow”.

Is it en blåsa or ett blåsa?

It is en blåsa, and “the blister” is blåsan.

What is the plural of blåsa?

The plural of blåsa is blåsor, and the definite plural is blåsorna.

What is the past tense of blåsa?

The past tense of blåsa is blåste (“jag blåste”). The supine is blåst, used in “jag har blåst”.

What is the present tense of blåsa?

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

Origin

From Old Norse blása (“to blow”), from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną.

Nearby common words

blåsa is number 1,400 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,396lustig funny, amusing
1,397dar days, contraction of dagar, indefinite plural of dag; sometimes written da'r
1,398ihjäl to death, killed, dead
1,399frisk healthy, well
1,401helg weekend, holiday
1,402hustru wife
1,403slag blow, kind
1,404position position

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