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frigöra

liberate, set free

Meaning

liberate; set free

In Swedish: befria

Conjugation

Conjugation of frigöra (liberate)
Infinitive	att frigöra	to liberate
Present	frigör	jag frigör
Past	frigjorde	jag frigjorde
Supine	frigjort	used after har / hade
Perfect	har frigjort	jag har frigjort
Past perfect	hade frigjort	jag hade frigjort
Future	ska frigöra	or: kommer att frigöra
Conditional	skulle frigöra	jag skulle frigöra
Imperative	frigör!	a command
Present participle	frigörande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	frigjord	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of frigöra
Infinitive	frigöras
Present	frigörs
Past	frigjordes
Supine	frigjorts

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use frigör. See the four verb groups explained.

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frigöra in a sentence

frigöra sig från en misstanke
rid oneself of a suspicion
Stora mängder energi frigörs
Large amounts of energy are released

Questions

What does frigöra mean in English?

frigöra means “liberate, set free”.

What is the past tense of frigöra?

The past tense of frigöra is frigjorde (“jag frigjorde”). The supine is frigjort, used in “jag har frigjort”.

What is the present tense of frigöra?

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

Similar words

befrialösgöra

Origin

fri + göra

Nearby common words

frigöra is number 4,564 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,560delaktig mixed up in, involved
4,561dyster depressing, gloomy
4,562stärka strengthen, starch
4,563äsch pooh!, oh!
4,565förfalska falsify, forge
4,566russ Gotland pony
4,567em pm (indicating hours in the afternoon); abbreviation of eftermiddagen
4,568genombrott breakthrough

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary