Swedish verb

engagera

engage, employ, absorb, interest/aŋɡaˈɧeːra/

Meaning

engage; employ; absorb; interest

In Swedish: anställer

Conjugation

Conjugation of engagera (engage)
Infinitive	att engagera	to engage
Present	engagerar	jag engagerar
Past	engagerade	jag engagerade
Supine	engagerat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har engagerat	jag har engagerat
Past perfect	hade engagerat	jag hade engagerat
Future	ska engagera	or: kommer att engagera
Conditional	skulle engagera	jag skulle engagera
Imperative	engagera!	a command
Present participle	engagerande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	engagerad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of engagera
Infinitive	engageras
Present	engageras
Past	engagerades
Supine	engagerats

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 engagerar. See the four verb groups explained.

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engagera in a sentence

musiken engagerar honom fullständigt
music wholly absorbs him

Questions

What does engagera mean in English?

engagera means “engage, employ”.

What is the past tense of engagera?

The past tense of engagera is engagerade (“jag engagerade”). The supine is engagerat, used in “jag har engagerat”.

What is the present tense of engagera?

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

Similar words

intressera

Nearby common words

engagera is number 5,800 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,796dessert dessert
5,797konkret concrete
5,798krasch crash
5,799motion exercise, [private member's] bill
5,801förövaren perpetrator
5,802signalera signal; announce
5,803snöa snow
5,804omröstning voting

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