Swedish verb

borra

bore, drill

Meaning

bore; drill

In Swedish: göra hål (med borr)

Conjugation

Conjugation of borra (bore)
Infinitive	att borra	to bore
Present	borrar	jag borrar
Past	borrade	jag borrade
Supine	borrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har borrat	jag har borrat
Past perfect	hade borrat	jag hade borrat
Future	ska borra	or: kommer att borra
Conditional	skulle borra	jag skulle borra
Imperative	borra!	a command
Present participle	borrande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	borrad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of borra
Infinitive	borras
Present	borras
Past	borrades
Supine	borrats

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 borrar. See the four verb groups explained.

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borra in a sentence

borra ett hål
drill a hole
borra (upp) ett hål i en vägg
drill a hole in a wall
borra efter olja
drill for oil

Questions

What does borra mean in English?

borra means “bore, drill”.

What is the past tense of borra?

The past tense of borra is borrade (“jag borrade”). The supine is borrat, used in “jag har borrat”.

What is the present tense of borra?

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

Similar words

genomborra

Origin

From Old Swedish bora, from Old Norse bora, from Proto-Germanic *burōną.

Nearby common words

borra is number 5,192 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,188sven a male servant, a squire, an apprentice; a journeyman
5,189kongressledamot Congressman
5,190bläck ink
5,191kritisk critical, crucial
5,194kylskåp a refrigerator
5,195kvävas suffocate
5,196licens license (US), licence
5,197rabatt flower bed, discount

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