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bota

cure, remedy/ˈbuː.ta/

Meaning

cure; remedy

In Swedish: göra frisk, läka; avhjälpa

Conjugation

Conjugation of bota (cure)
Infinitive	att bota	to cure
Present	botar	jag botar
Past	botade	jag botade
Supine	botat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har botat	jag har botat
Past perfect	hade botat	jag hade botat
Future	ska bota	or: kommer att bota
Conditional	skulle bota	jag skulle bota
Imperative	bota!	a command
Present participle	botande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	botad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of bota
Infinitive	botas
Present	botas
Past	botades
Supine	botats

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 botar. See the four verb groups explained.

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bota in a sentence

den ekonomiska krisen måste botas
something must be done to remedy the economic crisis
förkylningar går sällan att bota
colds can seldom be cured

Questions

What does bota mean in English?

bota means “cure, remedy”.

What is the past tense of bota?

The past tense of bota is botade (“jag botade”). The supine is botat, used in “jag har botat”.

What is the present tense of bota?

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

Similar words

kurerahela

Origin

See bot (“remedy, cure”)

Nearby common words

bota is number 2,672 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,668överenskommelse an agreement, a contract
2,669skjutsa take, give a lift
2,670kedja chain
2,671naturen nature (the natural environment taken as a whole)
2,673förvåna surprise
2,674allmänhet the (general) public
2,675lejon lion
2,676noll nought, zero

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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