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kyla

cool, chill

kyla as a verb

Meaning

cool; chill

In Swedish: göra kall

Conjugation

Conjugation of kyla (cool)
Infinitive	att kyla	to cool
Present	kyler	jag kyler
Past	kylde	jag kylde
Supine	kylt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har kylt	jag har kylt
Past perfect	hade kylt	jag hade kylt
Future	ska kyla	or: kommer att kyla
Conditional	skulle kyla	jag skulle kyla
Imperative	kyl!	a command
Present participle	kylande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	kyld	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of kyla
Infinitive	kylas
Present	kyls
Past	kyldes
Supine	kylts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use kyler. See the four verb groups explained.

kyla as a noun(en kyla)

Meaning

cold

In Swedish: låg temperatur, köld

Forms

Forms of kyla
Singular, indefinite	en kyla
Singular, definite	kylan

kyla is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor kyla, den stora kylan. Check another noun

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kyla in a sentence

sträng kyla
severe cold

Words built with kyla

känslokyla callousness
vinterkyla winter cold

Questions

What does kyla mean in English?

kyla means “cool, chill”.

Is it en kyla or ett kyla?

It is en kyla, and “the cold” is kylan.

What is the past tense of kyla?

The past tense of kyla is kylde (“jag kylde”). The supine is kylt, used in “jag har kylt”.

What is the present tense of kyla?

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

Similar words

köld

Origin

From Old Norse kœla, from Proto-Germanic *kōlijaną.

Nearby common words

kyla is number 1,184 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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1,183stack went, left
1,185operation operation
1,186orsak cause
1,187gräva dig
1,188mänsklig human, humane

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