flina
Meaning
sneer; grin
In Swedish: le eller skratta försmädligt
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att flina | to sneer |
|---|---|---|
| Present | flinar | jag flinar |
| Past | flinade | jag flinade |
| Supine | flinat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har flinat | jag har flinat |
| Past perfect | hade flinat | jag hade flinat |
| Future | ska flina | or: kommer att flina |
| Conditional | skulle flina | jag skulle flina |
| Imperative | flina! | a command |
| Present participle | flinande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | flinas |
|---|---|
| Present | flinas |
| Past | flinades |
| Supine | flinats |
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 flinar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise flina
1 / 2Yesterday I … (flina). Which is the past tense?
flina in a sentence
- Vad flinar du åt?!What are you smiling at?!
Questions
What does flina mean in English?
flina means “sneer, grin”.
What is the past tense of flina?
The past tense of flina is flinade (“jag flinade”). The supine is flinat, used in “jag har flinat”.
What is the present tense of flina?
flinar, the same for every person: jag flinar, du flinar, vi flinar.
Origin
From Proto-Germanic *flinōną (“to bare (one's teeth), smile”), from a Proto-Indo-European *pley- (“bare, bald, flat”).
Nearby common words
flina is number 7,385 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 7,381talesätt a saying, an adage
- 7,382avböja decline, refuse
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- 7,384dynga dung
- 7,386flygbiljett flight ticket
- 7,387key a hundred grams of cocaine
- 7,388lunginflammation pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs)
- 7,389heltid full-time
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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