detonera
Meaning
detonate
In Swedish: (få att) explodera
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att detonera | to detonate |
|---|---|---|
| Present | detonerar | jag detonerar |
| Past | detonerade | jag detonerade |
| Supine | detonerat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har detonerat | jag har detonerat |
| Past perfect | hade detonerat | jag hade detonerat |
| Future | ska detonera | or: kommer att detonera |
| Conditional | skulle detonera | jag skulle detonera |
| Imperative | detonera! | a command |
| Present participle | detonerande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | detonerad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | detoneras |
|---|---|
| Present | detoneras |
| Past | detonerades |
| Supine | detonerats |
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 detonerar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise detonera
1 / 2Yesterday I … (detonera). Which is the past tense?
detonera in a sentence
- en bomb detonerade på platsena bomb went off here (at this place)
Questions
What does detonera mean in English?
detonera means “detonate”.
What is the past tense of detonera?
The past tense of detonera is detonerade (“jag detonerade”). The supine is detonerat, used in “jag har detonerat”.
What is the present tense of detonera?
detonerar, the same for every person: jag detonerar, du detonerar, vi detonerar.
Nearby common words
detonera is number 5,821 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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