Swedish verb

bugga

to bug, to bug out (experience bugs, of a (software) system), to bug (fit or record with covert (audio) recording equipment), to dance the bugg

Meaning

to bug, to bug out (experience bugs, of a (software) system); to bug (fit or record with covert (audio) recording equipment); to dance the bugg

Conjugation

Conjugation of bugga (bug)
Infinitive	att bugga	to bug
Present	buggar	jag buggar
Past	buggade	jag buggade
Supine	buggat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har buggat	jag har buggat
Past perfect	hade buggat	jag hade buggat
Future	ska bugga	or: kommer att bugga
Conditional	skulle bugga	jag skulle bugga
Imperative	bugga!	a command
Present participle	buggande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	buggad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of bugga
Infinitive	buggas
Present	buggas
Past	buggades
Supine	buggats

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 buggar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (bugga). Which is the past tense?

bugga in a sentence

Programmet buggar (ur)
The program is bugging out
Underrättelsetjänsten buggade ambassaden
The intelligence agency bugged the embassy
en buggad lägenhet
a bugged apartment
De måste ha buggat mötet
They must have bugged the meeting

Questions

What does bugga mean in English?

bugga means “to bug, to bug out (experience bugs, of a (software) system), to bug (fit or record with covert (audio) recording equipment)”.

What is the past tense of bugga?

The past tense of bugga is buggade (“jag buggade”). The supine is buggat, used in “jag har buggat”.

What is the present tense of bugga?

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

Origin

bugg + -a

Nearby common words

bugga is number 6,433 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,429deadline deadline
6,430prima first-rate
6,431ödelägga ravage, lay waste
6,432enskild regarded separately (from the group or the like to which it belongs); individual, separate, single, etc., apart from others; individual, separate, private, one-on-one, etc.
6,434ljuvlig lovely, delightful
6,435ögonbryn eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)
6,436hemsöka beset, plague
6,437besvärjelse incantation, invocation

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