Swedish verb· top 500 most common

klara

take care of, get doneAlso the plural of klar.

Meaning

take care of; get done

In Swedish: genomföra (med framgång)

Conjugation

Conjugation of klara (take care of)
Infinitive	att klara	to take care of
Present	klarar	jag klarar
Past	klarade	jag klarade
Supine	klarat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har klarat	jag har klarat
Past perfect	hade klarat	jag hade klarat
Future	ska klara	or: kommer att klara
Conditional	skulle klara	jag skulle klara
Imperative	klara!	a command
Present participle	klarande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	klarad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of klara
Infinitive	klaras
Present	klaras
Past	klarades
Supine	klarats

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 klarar. See the four verb groups explained.

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klara in a sentence

klara en skrivning
pass an exam
klara (av) ekonomin
manage financially
Klarar du av att dra tredjeroten ur 1331 utan att använda räknaren?
Can you manage to calculate the cubic root of 1331 without using the calculator?
Lyckligtvis klarade sig alla utan skador då bilen for av vägen.
Happily no one was injured when the car went off the road.
Vi har knappt med pengar, så vi får klara oss med vad vi har.
We are short of money, so we will have to make do with what we have.

Expressions

klara sig
manage

Questions

What does klara mean in English?

klara means “take care of, get done”.

What is the past tense of klara?

The past tense of klara is klarade (“jag klarade”). The supine is klarat, used in “jag har klarat”.

What is the present tense of klara?

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

Similar words

greja

Nearby common words

klara is number 196 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

192höra listen, hear
193väg way
194precis exactly, precisely
195många many
197gång time, walk
198innan until, before
199deras theirs, their
200inga nobody, none

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