imitera
Meaning
imitate
In Swedish: efterbilda el. kopiera (ett visst mönster), härma
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att imitera | to imitate |
|---|---|---|
| Present | imiterar | jag imiterar |
| Past | imiterade | jag imiterade |
| Supine | imiterat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har imiterat | jag har imiterat |
| Past perfect | hade imiterat | jag hade imiterat |
| Future | ska imitera | or: kommer att imitera |
| Conditional | skulle imitera | jag skulle imitera |
| Imperative | imitera! | a command |
| Present participle | imiterande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | imiterad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | imiteras |
|---|---|
| Present | imiteras |
| Past | imiterades |
| Supine | imiterats |
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 imiterar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise imitera
1 / 2Yesterday I … (imitera). Which is the past tense?
imitera in a sentence
- imitera en politikerimitate a politician
- imiterat läderimitation leather
Questions
What does imitera mean in English?
imitera means “imitate”.
What is the past tense of imitera?
The past tense of imitera is imiterade (“jag imiterade”). The supine is imiterat, used in “jag har imiterat”.
What is the present tense of imitera?
imiterar, the same for every person: jag imiterar, du imiterar, vi imiterar.
Similar words
efterapaefterliknahärma
Nearby common words
imitera is number 6,911 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 6,907dragen tipsy
- 6,908töntig corny
- 6,909nyktra sober, sober up
- 6,910räkor shrimp, shrimps
- 6,912montera put together, fit
- 6,913avskuren cut, Range
- 6,914kraftfullt powerfully, powerful
- 6,915teoretiskt theoretically
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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