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kasta

cast, throw, discard, throw away

Meaning

cast; throw; discard, throw away

In Swedish: få något att fara genom luften

Conjugation

Conjugation of kasta (cast)
Infinitive	att kasta	to cast
Present	kastar	jag kastar
Past	kastade	jag kastade
Supine	kastat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har kastat	jag har kastat
Past perfect	hade kastat	jag hade kastat
Future	ska kasta	or: kommer att kasta
Conditional	skulle kasta	jag skulle kasta
Imperative	kasta!	a command
Present participle	kastande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	kastad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of kasta
Infinitive	kastas
Present	kastas
Past	kastades
Supine	kastats

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 kastar. See the four verb groups explained.

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kasta in a sentence

kasta sten
throw a stone (stones)
jag har kastat mina gamla skor
I have thrown away my old shoes
Han kastade ett spjut
He threw a spear
Hon kastade tärningen
She rolled the dice [die] [not figurative]
Han kastade prylen han inte längre använde
He threw away the thing he no longer used
Han kastade sig till marken
He threw himself to the ground
Träden kastade långa skuggor
The trees cast long shadows
Han kastade kortet
He discarded the card

Expressions

kasta ett öga på (något)
cast one's gaze on (sth.)
kasta yxan i sjön
throw in the towel
kasta vatten
pass water

Questions

What does kasta mean in English?

kasta means “cast, throw”.

What is the past tense of kasta?

The past tense of kasta is kastade (“jag kastade”). The supine is kastat, used in “jag har kastat”.

What is the present tense of kasta?

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

Similar words

slängahiva

Origin

From Old Swedish kasta, from Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin.

Nearby common words

kasta is number 600 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

596vända turn
597film film
598mark land, territory
599lycklig happy
601ändra change
602alltså in other words, accordingly
603uppe up (in a more elevated position relative to the speaker or another object of comparison), up, awake
604gifta marry, married

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary