koncentrera
Meaning
concentrate
In Swedish: föra samman till en punkt, samla
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att koncentrera | to concentrate |
|---|---|---|
| Present | koncentrerar | jag koncentrerar |
| Past | koncentrerade | jag koncentrerade |
| Supine | koncentrerat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har koncentrerat | jag har koncentrerat |
| Past perfect | hade koncentrerat | jag hade koncentrerat |
| Future | ska koncentrera | or: kommer att koncentrera |
| Conditional | skulle koncentrera | jag skulle koncentrera |
| Imperative | koncentrera! | a command |
| Present participle | koncentrerande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | koncentrerad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | koncentreras |
|---|---|
| Present | koncentreras |
| Past | koncentrerades |
| Supine | koncentrerats |
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 koncentrerar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise koncentrera
1 / 2Yesterday I … (koncentrera). Which is the past tense?
koncentrera in a sentence
- produktionen är koncentrerad till Stockholmtheir manufacturing facilities are mostly located in Stockholm
Questions
What does koncentrera mean in English?
koncentrera means “concentrate”.
What is the past tense of koncentrera?
The past tense of koncentrera is koncentrerade (“jag koncentrerade”). The supine is koncentrerat, used in “jag har koncentrerat”.
What is the present tense of koncentrera?
koncentrerar, the same for every person: jag koncentrerar, du koncentrerar, vi koncentrerar.
Similar words
Nearby common words
koncentrera is number 2,160 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 2,156art species, type
- 2,157uppfostra bring up
- 2,158medveten aware
- 2,159mänsklighet humanity
- 2,161yta space, area
- 2,162operera operate
- 2,163straffa punish
- 2,164experiment experiment
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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