bluffa
Meaning
bluff
In Swedish: försöka luras, skoja, bedra
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att bluffa | to bluff |
|---|---|---|
| Present | bluffar | jag bluffar |
| Past | bluffade | jag bluffade |
| Supine | bluffat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har bluffat | jag har bluffat |
| Past perfect | hade bluffat | jag hade bluffat |
| Future | ska bluffa | or: kommer att bluffa |
| Conditional | skulle bluffa | jag skulle bluffa |
| Imperative | bluffa! | a command |
| Present participle | bluffande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | bluffas |
|---|---|
| Present | bluffas |
| Past | bluffades |
| Supine | bluffats |
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 bluffar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise bluffa
1 / 2Yesterday I … (bluffa). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does bluffa mean in English?
bluffa means “bluff”.
What is the past tense of bluffa?
The past tense of bluffa is bluffade (“jag bluffade”). The supine is bluffat, used in “jag har bluffat”.
What is the present tense of bluffa?
bluffar, the same for every person: jag bluffar, du bluffar, vi bluffar.
Similar words
Origin
English bluff.
Nearby common words
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary