imponera
Meaning
impress
In Swedish: göra ett starkt positivt intryck
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att imponera | to impress |
|---|---|---|
| Present | imponerar | jag imponerar |
| Past | imponerade | jag imponerade |
| Supine | imponerat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har imponerat | jag har imponerat |
| Past perfect | hade imponerat | jag hade imponerat |
| Future | ska imponera | or: kommer att imponera |
| Conditional | skulle imponera | jag skulle imponera |
| Imperative | imponera! | a command |
| Present participle | imponerande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | imponerad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | imponeras |
|---|---|
| Present | imponeras |
| Past | imponerades |
| Supine | imponerats |
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 imponerar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise imponera
1 / 2Yesterday I … (imponera). Which is the past tense?
imponera in a sentence
- löparen imponerade på den samlade elitenthe runner made a deep impression on the elite athletes who were gathered there
- jag är djupt imponerad av hennes skicklighetI am deeply impressed by her ability
- att imponera på någonto impress someone
- Jag är imponeradI'm impressed
Questions
What does imponera mean in English?
imponera means “impress”.
What is the past tense of imponera?
The past tense of imponera is imponerade (“jag imponerade”). The supine is imponerat, used in “jag har imponerat”.
What is the present tense of imponera?
imponerar, the same for every person: jag imponerar, du imponerar, vi imponerar.
Nearby common words
imponera is number 2,735 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 2,731uppträda appear, behave
- 2,732andras others
- 2,733betydelse meaning, sense, importance, consequence, significance
- 2,734verktyg tool
- 2,736släkting relative, kindred
- 2,737sött sweetly, cutely, sweetly (in a sweet (sugary) manner)
- 2,738norra northern; synonym to nordlig, this form is used in definite form and in proper nouns
- 2,740märr mare
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