Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

chansa

take a chance

Meaning

take a chance

In Swedish: försöka på vinst och förlust

Conjugation

Conjugation of chansa (take a chance)
Infinitive	att chansa	to take a chance
Present	chansar	jag chansar
Past	chansade	jag chansade
Supine	chansat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har chansat	jag har chansat
Past perfect	hade chansat	jag hade chansat
Future	ska chansa	or: kommer att chansa
Conditional	skulle chansa	jag skulle chansa
Imperative	chansa!	a command
Present participle	chansande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of chansa
Infinitive	chansas
Present	chansas
Past	chansades
Supine	chansats

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 chansar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Questions

What does chansa mean in English?

chansa means “take a chance”.

What is the past tense of chansa?

The past tense of chansa is chansade (“jag chansade”). The supine is chansat, used in “jag har chansat”.

What is the present tense of chansa?

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

Similar words

riskera

Origin

chans + -a

Nearby common words

chansa is number 1,637 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,633hörn corner
1,634sötnos sweetie, cutie, cutie pie
1,635sko shoe, boot
1,636punkt point, full stop
1,638tvivla doubt
1,639red rode
1,640oliv olive
1,641klocka clock, watch

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary