Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

bromsa

brake, apply the brake, put the brake on

Meaning

brake, apply the brake, put the brake on

In Swedish: använda bromsen, minska farten, stoppa

Conjugation

Conjugation of bromsa (brake)
Infinitive	att bromsa	to brake
Present	bromsar	jag bromsar
Past	bromsade	jag bromsade
Supine	bromsat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har bromsat	jag har bromsat
Past perfect	hade bromsat	jag hade bromsat
Future	ska bromsa	or: kommer att bromsa
Conditional	skulle bromsa	jag skulle bromsa
Imperative	bromsa!	a command
Present participle	bromsande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	bromsad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of bromsa
Infinitive	bromsas
Present	bromsas
Past	bromsades
Supine	bromsats

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 bromsar. See the four verb groups explained.

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bromsa in a sentence

bromsa utvecklingen
slow down development

Questions

What does bromsa mean in English?

bromsa means “brake, apply the brake, put the brake on”.

What is the past tense of bromsa?

The past tense of bromsa is bromsade (“jag bromsade”). The supine is bromsat, used in “jag har bromsat”.

What is the present tense of bromsa?

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

Similar words

hejda

Origin

broms + -a

Nearby common words

bromsa is number 4,589 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,585dyrbar precious, expensive
4,586union union
4,587pip spout, peep
4,588närmast closest, nearest, nearly
4,590bästis pal, chum
4,591skarp keen, strong
4,592mössa hat
4,593vifta wave

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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