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kapa

cut [off], hijack

Meaning

cut [off]; hijack

In Swedish: hugga el. skära el. såga av

Conjugation

Conjugation of kapa (cut [off])
Infinitive	att kapa	to cut [off]
Present	kapar	jag kapar
Past	kapade	jag kapade
Supine	kapat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har kapat	jag har kapat
Past perfect	hade kapat	jag hade kapat
Future	ska kapa	or: kommer att kapa
Conditional	skulle kapa	jag skulle kapa
Imperative	kapa!	a command
Present participle	kapande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	kapad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of kapa
Infinitive	kapas
Present	kapas
Past	kapades
Supine	kapats

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 kapar. See the four verb groups explained.

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kapa in a sentence

kapa en bräda
cut a board
Maskinen kapar automatiskt stockarna i hanterbara längder.
The machine automatically cuts the logs into manageable lengths.

Questions

What does kapa mean in English?

kapa means “cut [off], hijack”.

What is the past tense of kapa?

The past tense of kapa is kapade (“jag kapade”). The supine is kapat, used in “jag har kapat”.

What is the present tense of kapa?

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

Similar words

hugga av

Origin

Borrowed from Dutch kapen.

Nearby common words

kapa is number 3,212 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,208division division, battalion
3,209uttryck expression
3,210idiotisk idiotic
3,211satellit satellite
3,213smitta infect, pass on (communicate) an infection
3,214trä to thread (pearls on a string)
3,215fascinerande fascinating
3,216samlad collected

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