intressera
Meaning
interest
In Swedish: fånga och hålla kvar intresse hos
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att intressera | to interest |
|---|---|---|
| Present | intresserar | jag intresserar |
| Past | intresserade | jag intresserade |
| Supine | intresserat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har intresserat | jag har intresserat |
| Past perfect | hade intresserat | jag hade intresserat |
| Future | ska intressera | or: kommer att intressera |
| Conditional | skulle intressera | jag skulle intressera |
| Imperative | intressera! | a command |
| Present participle | intresserande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | intresserad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | intresseras |
|---|---|
| Present | intresseras |
| Past | intresserades |
| Supine | intresserats |
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 intresserar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise intressera
1 / 2Yesterday I … (intressera). Which is the past tense?
intressera in a sentence
- intressera sig för sportbe interested in sports
- det intresserar mig inteI am not interested in that
- intressera sina barn för musikinterest one's children in music
Questions
What does intressera mean in English?
intressera means “interest”.
What is the past tense of intressera?
The past tense of intressera is intresserade (“jag intresserade”). The supine is intresserat, used in “jag har intresserat”.
What is the present tense of intressera?
intresserar, the same for every person: jag intresserar, du intresserar, vi intresserar.
Similar words
Origin
intresse + -era
Nearby common words
intressera is number 2,325 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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