Swedish verb

brottas

wrestleAlso the passive of brotta.

Meaning

wrestle

In Swedish: utöva brottning; slåss, kämpa

Conjugation

Conjugation of brottas (wrestle)
Infinitive	att brottas	to wrestle
Present	brottas	jag brottas
Past	brottades	jag brottades
Supine	brottats	used after har / hade
Perfect	har brottats	jag har brottats
Past perfect	hade brottats	jag hade brottats
Future	ska brottas	or: kommer att brottas
Conditional	skulle brottas	jag skulle brottas
Imperative	brottas!	a command

brottas is a deponent verb: it ends in -s in every form but has an active meaning, so it has no separate passive. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use brottas. See the four verb groups explained.

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What does brottas mean?

brottas in a sentence

kommunen har svåra problem att brottas med
the local authorities are faced with a whole range of difficult problems
Brottarna brottades
The wrestlers wrestled
Polisen brottades med tjuvarna
The police wrestled with the thieves
brottas med de stora frågarna
wrestle with the big questions

Questions

What does brottas mean in English?

brottas means “wrestle”.

What is the past tense of brottas?

The past tense of brottas is brottades (“jag brottades”). The supine is brottats, used in “jag har brottats”.

What is the present tense of brottas?

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

Origin

Passive of brotta.

Nearby common words

brottas is number 6,685 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,681orörd untouched
6,682senap mustard
6,683fåtal a few
6,684knäppskalle synonym of knäppgök
6,686bokföring books: records of the accounts of a business, bookkeeping
6,687pensionera grant a pension to, pension off
6,688evolution evolution
6,689förfrågan inquiry, Request for Proposal (RFP

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