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ingripa

intervene, step in

Meaning

intervene, step in

In Swedish: det att ingripa i, gå till aktion

Conjugation

Conjugation of ingripa (intervene)
Infinitive	att ingripa	to intervene
Present	ingriper	jag ingriper
Past	ingrep	jag ingrep
Supine	ingripit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har ingripit	jag har ingripit
Past perfect	hade ingripit	jag hade ingripit
Future	ska ingripa	or: kommer att ingripa
Conditional	skulle ingripa	jag skulle ingripa
Imperative	ingrip!	a command
Present participle	ingripande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of ingripa
Infinitive	ingripas
Present	ingrips
Past	ingreps
Supine	ingripits

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 ingriper. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (ingripa). Which is the past tense?

ingripa in a sentence

polisen behövde inte ingripa
the police did not need to intervene

Questions

What does ingripa mean in English?

ingripa means “intervene, step in”.

What is the past tense of ingripa?

The past tense of ingripa is ingrep (“jag ingrep”). The supine is ingripit, used in “jag har ingripit”.

What is the present tense of ingripa?

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

Origin

in + gripa.

Nearby common words

ingripa is number 4,869 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,865tjenare hello, alternative form of tjänare (“hey, yo”)
4,866flamma blaze
4,867inspiration inspiration
4,868gray gray (SI unit of absorbed radiation)
4,870auktion auction
4,871spik nail
4,872överdos overdose
4,873filmad filmed

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