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blinka

blink, wink, twinkle

Meaning

blink; wink; twinkle

In Swedish: knipa ihop ögat snabbt

Conjugation

Conjugation of blinka (blink)
Infinitive	att blinka	to blink
Present	blinkar	jag blinkar
Past	blinkade	jag blinkade
Supine	blinkat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har blinkat	jag har blinkat
Past perfect	hade blinkat	jag hade blinkat
Future	ska blinka	or: kommer att blinka
Conditional	skulle blinka	jag skulle blinka
Imperative	blinka!	a command
Present participle	blinkande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	blinkad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of blinka
Infinitive	blinkas
Present	blinkas
Past	blinkades
Supine	blinkats

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 blinkar. See the four verb groups explained.

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blinka in a sentence

han blinkade till av förvåning
he blinked his eyes with surprise
stjärnorna blinkade i natten
the stars were twinkling in the night sky
Om man inte blinkar så blir ögonen torra
If you don't blink, your eyes get dry
Jag tackade ja utan att blinka
I said yes without blinking
blinka åt någon / blinka med ena ögat ("with [the] one eye") mot någon
wink at someone
Varningslampan blinkar
The warning light is flashing
blinka med helljuset
flash the headlights
blinka åt vänster
signal to the left

Questions

What does blinka mean in English?

blinka means “blink, wink”.

What is the past tense of blinka?

The past tense of blinka is blinkade (“jag blinkade”). The supine is blinkat, used in “jag har blinkat”.

What is the present tense of blinka?

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

Nearby common words

blinka is number 3,691 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,687omdöme judgement, opinion
3,688rond round
3,689kostnad cost, expense
3,690begåvad talented, gifted
3,692brann burned, burnt
3,693framstå seem, appear
3,694sona atone for, expiate; make amends for
3,695kampanj campaign

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