kompromissa
Meaning
compromise
In Swedish: göra en kompromiss
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att kompromissa | to compromise |
|---|---|---|
| Present | kompromissar | jag kompromissar |
| Past | kompromissade | jag kompromissade |
| Supine | kompromissat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har kompromissat | jag har kompromissat |
| Past perfect | hade kompromissat | jag hade kompromissat |
| Future | ska kompromissa | or: kommer att kompromissa |
| Conditional | skulle kompromissa | jag skulle kompromissa |
| Imperative | kompromissa! | a command |
| Present participle | kompromissande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | kompromissad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | kompromissas |
|---|---|
| Present | kompromissas |
| Past | kompromissades |
| Supine | kompromissats |
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 kompromissar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise kompromissa
1 / 2Yesterday I … (kompromissa). Which is the past tense?
kompromissa in a sentence
- Jag ville välja fem och han tio men vi kompromissade och kom överens med att vi får välja varannan gång.I wanted to choose five and he ten but we compromised and agreed to that we get to choose every other time.
Questions
What does kompromissa mean in English?
kompromissa means “compromise”.
What is the past tense of kompromissa?
The past tense of kompromissa is kompromissade (“jag kompromissade”). The supine is kompromissat, used in “jag har kompromissat”.
What is the present tense of kompromissa?
kompromissar, the same for every person: jag kompromissar, du kompromissar, vi kompromissar.
Origin
kompromiss + -a
Nearby common words
kompromissa is number 7,232 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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- 7,233puma cougar, puma
- 7,234umgänge relations (with people), company
- 7,235vulgär vulgar
- 7,236försvarsminister Minister of defense, minister of defence
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary