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gräla

quarrel, scold

Meaning

quarrel; scold

In Swedish: vara inblandad i gräl

Conjugation

Conjugation of gräla (quarrel)
Infinitive	att gräla	to quarrel
Present	grälar	jag grälar
Past	grälade	jag grälade
Supine	grälat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har grälat	jag har grälat
Past perfect	hade grälat	jag hade grälat
Future	ska gräla	or: kommer att gräla
Conditional	skulle gräla	jag skulle gräla
Imperative	gräla!	a command
Present participle	grälande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of gräla
Infinitive	grälas
Present	grälas
Past	grälades
Supine	grälats

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 grälar. See the four verb groups explained.

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gräla in a sentence

gräla om småsaker
quarrel over trifling matters
hon grälar på sin dotter
she is scolding her daughter

Questions

What does gräla mean in English?

gräla means “quarrel, scold”.

What is the past tense of gräla?

The past tense of gräla is grälade (“jag grälade”). The supine is grälat, used in “jag har grälat”.

What is the present tense of gräla?

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

Similar words

gruffabråkakivaträtatvistabråkkivas

Origin

From Middle Low German grellen (“to shout at, antagonize”).

Nearby common words

gräla is number 2,549 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,545skar cut
2,546tränare coach, trainer
2,547island Iceland
2,548norrut towards the north, northwards
2,550upphöra stop, end
2,551plånbok a wallet (a flat case, often made of leather, for keeping money)
2,552krama hug, squeeze
2,553utsikt view, forecast

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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