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blanda

blend, mix

Meaning

blend; mix

In Swedish: föra samman till ny helhet

Conjugation

Conjugation of blanda (blend)
Infinitive	att blanda	to blend
Present	blandar	jag blandar
Past	blandade	jag blandade
Supine	blandat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har blandat	jag har blandat
Past perfect	hade blandat	jag hade blandat
Future	ska blanda	or: kommer att blanda
Conditional	skulle blanda	jag skulle blanda
Imperative	blanda!	a command
Present participle	blandande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	blandad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of blanda
Infinitive	blandas
Present	blandas
Past	blandades
Supine	blandats

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 blandar. See the four verb groups explained.

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blanda in a sentence

med blandade känslor
with mixed feelings
Blanda saften med sockret!
Mix the juice with the sugar!
blanda ingredienser i en skål
mix ingredients in a bowl
blanda en grogg
mix a grog
Han blandar in sina egna åsikter i sina rapporter.
He mixes his own opinions into his reports.
Jag blandar mellan sinus och cosinus.
I conflate sine and cosine.
Blanda inte in mig i det här!
Don't involve me in this! / Don't try to bring me into this! ("Don't mix me into this!")
Snälla, blanda inte in polisen!
Please do not involve the police!

Expressions

blanda samman (el. ihop)
mix up

Words built with blanda

blandras hybrid, mongrel
blandskog mixed forest
blandäktenskap mixed marriage

Questions

What does blanda mean in English?

blanda means “blend, mix”.

What is the past tense of blanda?

The past tense of blanda is blandade (“jag blandade”). The supine is blandat, used in “jag har blandat”.

What is the present tense of blanda?

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

Similar words

mixa

Origin

From Old Norse blanda, from Proto-Germanic *blandaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-.

Nearby common words

blanda is number 1,713 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,709elev pupil, student
1,710björn bear
1,711samman together
1,712lokal premises
1,714stirra stare
1,715majestät majesty
1,716röja clear up, clear (land)
1,717placera place

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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