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låsa

lock

Meaning

lock

In Swedish: stänga (en dörr) så att man inte kan öppna utan nyckel

Conjugation

Conjugation of låsa (lock)
Infinitive	att låsa	to lock
Present	låser	jag låser
Past	låste	jag låste
Supine	låst	used after har / hade
Perfect	har låst	jag har låst
Past perfect	hade låst	jag hade låst
Future	ska låsa	or: kommer att låsa
Conditional	skulle låsa	jag skulle låsa
Imperative	lås!	a command
Present participle	låsande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	låst	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of låsa
Infinitive	låsas
Present	låses
Past	låstes
Supine	låsts

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 låser. See the four verb groups explained.

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låsa in a sentence

låsta förhandlingar
negotiations which have reached deadlock
låsa dörren
lock the door
Glöm inte att låsa dörren
Don't forget to lock the door

Questions

What does låsa mean in English?

låsa means “lock”.

What is the past tense of låsa?

The past tense of låsa is låste (“jag låste”). The supine is låst, used in “jag har låst”.

What is the present tense of låsa?

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

Similar words

regla

Origin

From Old Swedish læsa, from Old Norse læsa.

Nearby common words

låsa is number 1,379 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,375källa source, spring
1,376hejsan hello!, hallo!
1,377visad shown
1,378trycka weigh down, press
1,380hälften half
1,381gratis free
1,382upptäcka discover
1,383linje line, route

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