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gråta

cry, weep/ˈɡroːˌta/

Meaning

cry; weep

In Swedish: fälla tårar

Conjugation

Conjugation of gråta (cry)
Infinitive	att gråta	to cry
Present	gråter	jag gråter
Past	grät	jag grät
Supine	gråtit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har gråtit	jag har gråtit
Past perfect	hade gråtit	jag hade gråtit
Future	ska gråta	or: kommer att gråta
Conditional	skulle gråta	jag skulle gråta
Imperative	gråt!	a command
Present participle	gråtande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of gråta
Infinitive	gråtas
Present	gråts
Past	gräts
Supine	gråtits

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 gråter. See the four verb groups explained.

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gråta in a sentence

gråta strida tårar
weep bitterly
gråta ut
have a good cry
gråta öppet
weep openly
Jag grät när min kanin dog
I cried when my rabbit died
trösta någon som gråter
comfort someone who is crying
Varför gråter du?
Why are you crying?

Questions

What does gråta mean in English?

gråta means “cry, weep”.

What is the past tense of gråta?

The past tense of gråta is grät (“jag grät”). The supine is gråtit, used in “jag har gråtit”.

What is the present tense of gråta?

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

Similar words

grinabölalipatjutafälla tårar

Origin

From Old Swedish grāta, from Old Norse gráta, from Proto-Germanic *grētaną.

Nearby common words

gråta is number 1,027 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,023intresserad interested
1,024skickad sent, suited
1,025vägg wall
1,026partner partner
1,028farlig risky, dangerous
1,029högt loudly, highly
1,030samla collect, gather, assemble; accumulate
1,031möjlighet possibility

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