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inbilla

to (falsely) imagine, to convince (of something false)

Meaning

to (falsely) imagine; to convince (of something false)

Conjugation

Conjugation of inbilla
Infinitive	att inbilla	to
Present	inbillar	jag inbillar
Past	inbillade	jag inbillade
Supine	inbillat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har inbillat	jag har inbillat
Past perfect	hade inbillat	jag hade inbillat
Future	ska inbilla	or: kommer att inbilla
Conditional	skulle inbilla	jag skulle inbilla
Imperative	inbilla!	a command
Present participle	inbillande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	inbillad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of inbilla
Infinitive	inbillas
Present	inbillas
Past	inbillades
Supine	inbillats

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 inbillar. See the four verb groups explained.

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inbilla in a sentence

du inbillar dig
you're imagining things
inbilla någon något
convince someone of something (false)

Questions

What does inbilla mean in English?

inbilla means “to (falsely) imagine, to convince (of something false)”.

What is the past tense of inbilla?

The past tense of inbilla is inbillade (“jag inbillade”). The supine is inbillat, used in “jag har inbillat”.

What is the present tense of inbilla?

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

Origin

From Middle Low German inbilden, equivalent to German einbilden.

Nearby common words

inbilla is number 3,801 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,796individ individual
3,797ritual ritual
3,798obekväm uncomfortable
3,799dricks tip
3,802överföra transfer, transmit
3,803gen short, direct
3,804mogen ready, ripe
3,805tunna barrel

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