Swedish verb

fila

polish, file

Meaning

polish; file

In Swedish: använda en fil; putsa, slipa

Conjugation

Conjugation of fila (polish)
Infinitive	att fila	to polish
Present	filar	jag filar
Past	filade	jag filade
Supine	filat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har filat	jag har filat
Past perfect	hade filat	jag hade filat
Future	ska fila	or: kommer att fila
Conditional	skulle fila	jag skulle fila
Imperative	fila!	a command
Present participle	filande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	filad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of fila
Infinitive	filas
Present	filas
Past	filades
Supine	filats

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 filar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise fila

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fila in a sentence

fila på ett manifest
work on a manifesto

Questions

What does fila mean in English?

fila means “polish, file”.

What is the past tense of fila?

The past tense of fila is filade (“jag filade”). The supine is filat, used in “jag har filat”.

What is the present tense of fila?

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

Origin

fil + -a

Nearby common words

fila is number 6,937 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,933stabschef chief of staff
6,934deltagare participant
6,935bulle cake, bun
6,936tonfisk tuna (as fish and food)
6,938förödelse devastation
6,939korsfästa crucify
6,940ledamot member
6,941vigselring a wedding ring, (US) a wedding band

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