grilla
grilla as a verb
Meaning
grill
In Swedish: steka på galler, halstra
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att grilla | to grill |
|---|---|---|
| Present | grillar | jag grillar |
| Past | grillade | jag grillade |
| Supine | grillat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har grillat | jag har grillat |
| Past perfect | hade grillat | jag hade grillat |
| Future | ska grilla | or: kommer att grilla |
| Conditional | skulle grilla | jag skulle grilla |
| Imperative | grilla! | a command |
| Present participle | grillande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | grillad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | grillas |
|---|---|
| Present | grillas |
| Past | grillades |
| Supine | grillats |
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 grillar. See the four verb groups explained.
grilla as a noun(en grilla)
Meaning
An ice skate
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en grilla |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | grillan |
| Plural, indefinite | grillor |
| Plural, definite | grillorna |
grilla is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor grilla, den stora grillan. Check another noun
Practise grilla
1 / 2Yesterday I … (grilla). Which is the past tense?
grilla in a sentence
- grilla köttgrill meat
Words built with grilla
- grillfest barbecue
Questions
What does grilla mean in English?
grilla means “grill”.
Is it en grilla or ett grilla?
It is en grilla, and “the An ice skate” is grillan.
What is the plural of grilla?
The plural of grilla is grillor, and the definite plural is grillorna.
What is the past tense of grilla?
The past tense of grilla is grillade (“jag grillade”). The supine is grillat, used in “jag har grillat”.
What is the present tense of grilla?
grillar, the same for every person: jag grillar, du grillar, vi grillar.
Origin
Likely a variant of skrilla.
Nearby common words
grilla is number 4,282 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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