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dansa

dance/²danːsa/

Meaning

dance

In Swedish: röra sig rytmiskt till musik

Conjugation

Conjugation of dansa (dance)
Infinitive	att dansa	to dance
Present	dansar	jag dansar
Past	dansade	jag dansade
Supine	dansat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har dansat	jag har dansat
Past perfect	hade dansat	jag hade dansat
Future	ska dansa	or: kommer att dansa
Conditional	skulle dansa	jag skulle dansa
Imperative	dansa!	a command
Present participle	dansande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	dansad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of dansa
Infinitive	dansas
Present	dansas
Past	dansades
Supine	dansats

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 dansar. See the four verb groups explained.

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dansa in a sentence

dansa vals
dance the waltz

Expressions

dansa efter någons pipa
dance to sby's tune, be at sby's beck and call

Questions

What does dansa mean in English?

dansa means “dance”.

What is the past tense of dansa?

The past tense of dansa is dansade (“jag dansade”). The supine is dansat, used in “jag har dansat”.

What is the present tense of dansa?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish danza, dans + -a.

Nearby common words

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

681drog drew, extracted
682hamna land, end up
683stad city, town
684välkommen welcome
686lät sounded, let
687order order
688nånsin ever, ever (at any time)
689fest party

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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