bulta
Meaning
beat; knock
In Swedish: slå hårda slag, banka
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att bulta | to beat |
|---|---|---|
| Present | bultar | jag bultar |
| Past | bultade | jag bultade |
| Supine | bultat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har bultat | jag har bultat |
| Past perfect | hade bultat | jag hade bultat |
| Future | ska bulta | or: kommer att bulta |
| Conditional | skulle bulta | jag skulle bulta |
| Imperative | bulta! | a command |
| Present participle | bultande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | bultad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | bultas |
|---|---|
| Present | bultas |
| Past | bultades |
| Supine | bultats |
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 bultar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise bulta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (bulta). Which is the past tense?
bulta in a sentence
- vi bultade på dörren och skrek på hjälpwe banged on the door and shouted for help
- hjärtat bultarmy heart is pounding
- att bulta fast ett vapenskåpto bolt a weapon cabinet in place
- när huvudet bultar och magen värkerwhen the head throbs and the belly aches
- mitt hjärta bultar för Tre Kronormy heart throbs for Tre Kronor
- han bultade mig gul och blåhe beat me to a pulp
- hon bultade argt på dörrenshe pounded angrily on the door
Questions
What does bulta mean in English?
bulta means “beat, knock”.
What is the past tense of bulta?
The past tense of bulta is bultade (“jag bultade”). The supine is bultat, used in “jag har bultat”.
What is the present tense of bulta?
bultar, the same for every person: jag bultar, du bultar, vi bultar.
Similar words
Origin
From Old Swedish bulta.
Nearby common words
bulta is number 7,732 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 7,728rekommenderad recommended
- 7,729alv elf; a human-resembling, often magical, being
- 7,730välkomnande a welcome; the act of greeting someone's arrival
- 7,731avse have as one's goal, intend
- 7,733regnbåge a rainbow, a rainbow trout (short for regnbågsforell, Oncorhynchus mykiss)
- 7,734vilseleda mislead
- 7,735mexikan Mexican
- 7,736anordning device, arrangement
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