Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

borda

board

Meaning

board

In Swedish: lägga till vid och äntra ett annat fartyg

Conjugation

Conjugation of borda (board)
Infinitive	att borda	to board
Present	bordar	jag bordar
Past	bordade	jag bordade
Supine	bordat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har bordat	jag har bordat
Past perfect	hade bordat	jag hade bordat
Future	ska borda	or: kommer att borda
Conditional	skulle borda	jag skulle borda
Imperative	borda!	a command
Present participle	bordande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	bordad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of borda
Infinitive	bordas
Present	bordas
Past	bordades
Supine	bordats

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 bordar. See the four verb groups explained.

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borda in a sentence

piraterna gjorde sig redo att borda fiskebåten
the pirates prepared to board the fishing boat

Questions

What does borda mean in English?

borda means “board”.

What is the past tense of borda?

The past tense of borda is bordade (“jag bordade”). The supine is bordat, used in “jag har bordat”.

What is the present tense of borda?

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

Origin

bord + -a

Nearby common words

borda is number 2,908 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,904checka check
2,905best brute, beast
2,906reporter reporter
2,907positiv positive
2,909övning exercise
2,910skyddad protected
2,911utväg way out
2,912tungt heavy, heavily

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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