Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

fira

celebrate, shirk, truant, lower

Meaning

celebrate; shirk, truant; lower

In Swedish: ha fest för att markera (ett speciellt tillfälle)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fira (celebrate)
Infinitive	att fira	to celebrate
Present	firar	jag firar
Past	firade	jag firade
Supine	firat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har firat	jag har firat
Past perfect	hade firat	jag hade firat
Future	ska fira	or: kommer att fira
Conditional	skulle fira	jag skulle fira
Imperative	fira!	a command
Present participle	firande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	firad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of fira
Infinitive	firas
Present	firas
Past	firades
Supine	firats

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 firar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise fira

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Yesterday I … (fira). Which is the past tense?

fira in a sentence

jag firade min namnsdag
I celebrated my name day
fira från jobbet
take a day off
fira ner repet
lower the rope
fira någon som fyller år
celebrate someone who is having a birthday
fira Connys födelsedag
celebrate Conny's birthday
fira jul
celebrate Christmas
fira midsommar
celebrate Midsummer

Questions

What does fira mean in English?

fira means “celebrate, shirk, truant”.

What is the past tense of fira?

The past tense of fira is firade (“jag firade”). The supine is firat, used in “jag har firat”.

What is the present tense of fira?

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

Similar words

festahyllasänka ned

Origin

From Middle Low German vîren, from Old Saxon fīrion, from Latin feriari.

Nearby common words

fira is number 1,093 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,089nämna mention
1,090hette was called (named)
1,091begå commit, perpetrate
1,092föda give birth to, feed
1,094röka smoke
1,095träff date, meeting
1,096väntad expected, anticipated, waited (for)
1,097misstänkt suspicious, shady

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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