improvisera
Meaning
improvise
In Swedish: göra (något) utan förberedelser
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att improvisera | to improvise |
|---|---|---|
| Present | improviserar | jag improviserar |
| Past | improviserade | jag improviserade |
| Supine | improviserat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har improviserat | jag har improviserat |
| Past perfect | hade improviserat | jag hade improviserat |
| Future | ska improvisera | or: kommer att improvisera |
| Conditional | skulle improvisera | jag skulle improvisera |
| Imperative | improvisera! | a command |
| Present participle | improviserande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | improviserad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | improviseras |
|---|---|
| Present | improviseras |
| Past | improviserades |
| Supine | improviserats |
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 improviserar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise improvisera
1 / 2Yesterday I … (improvisera). Which is the past tense?
improvisera in a sentence
- improvisera ett talimprovise a speech
Questions
What does improvisera mean in English?
improvisera means “improvise”.
What is the past tense of improvisera?
The past tense of improvisera is improviserade (“jag improviserade”). The supine is improviserat, used in “jag har improviserat”.
What is the present tense of improvisera?
improviserar, the same for every person: jag improviserar, du improviserar, vi improviserar.
Similar words
handla oförberedd
Nearby common words
improvisera is number 4,531 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 4,526beck pitch
- 4,528svit sequence, succession
- 4,529utlösa start off
- 4,530anländ arrived, received
- 4,532stall stable
- 4,533struntprat blah-blah
- 4,534agna to bait; to affix bait to a fishing tool
- 4,535häromkvällen last evening or a few evenings ago, one of the most recent evenings
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