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gapa

open one's mouth (wide), bawl, yell

Meaning

open one's mouth (wide); bawl; yell

In Swedish: öppna munnen

Conjugation

Conjugation of gapa (open one's mouth)
Infinitive	att gapa	to open one's mouth
Present	gapar	jag gapar
Past	gapade	jag gapade
Supine	gapat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har gapat	jag har gapat
Past perfect	hade gapat	jag hade gapat
Future	ska gapa	or: kommer att gapa
Conditional	skulle gapa	jag skulle gapa
Imperative	gapa!	a command
Present participle	gapande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of gapa
Infinitive	gapas
Present	gapas
Past	gapades
Supine	gapats

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 gapar. See the four verb groups explained.

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gapa in a sentence

gapa och svälja
open one's mouth and swallow
gapa av förvåning
gape open-mouthed with surprise
gapa och skrika
scream and yell
en gapande avgrund
a gaping abyss
Läktarna gapade tomma
The bleachers were empty
Butikshyllorna gapade tomma
The store shelves were empty

Words built with gapa

gaphals loudmouth

Questions

What does gapa mean in English?

gapa means “open one's mouth (wide), bawl”.

What is the past tense of gapa?

The past tense of gapa is gapade (“jag gapade”). The supine is gapat, used in “jag har gapat”.

What is the present tense of gapa?

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

Similar words

ryta

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish gapa or gap + -a

Nearby common words

gapa is number 4,481 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,477försegla seal
4,478hysa put up, accommodate
4,479trakt parts, region
4,480backe slope, hill
4,482amatör amateur
4,483ersättare substitute
4,484kulle hill
4,485succé success

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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