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låta

let, sound, allow, have (get) sth. [done]/²loːta/

Meaning

let; sound; allow; have (get) sth. [done]

In Swedish: höras, ljuda

Conjugation

Conjugation of låta (let)
Infinitive	att låta	to let
Present	låter	jag låter
Past	lät	jag lät
Supine	låtit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har låtit	jag har låtit
Past perfect	hade låtit	jag hade låtit
Future	ska låta	or: kommer att låta
Conditional	skulle låta	jag skulle låta
Imperative	låt!	a command
Present participle	låtande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of låta
Infinitive	låtas
Present	låts
Past	läts
Supine	låtits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use låter. See the four verb groups explained.

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låta in a sentence

bilen låter som en traktor
the car sounds more like a tractor
du låter arg
you sound angry
Jag låter mig inte skrämmas!
I am not going to let myself be frightened!
Låt mig få se!
Let me see!
han lät renovera lägenheten
he had his flat renovated
Det pianot låter förfärligt!
That piano sounds awful!
Det låter som om det behöver stämmas.
It sounds like it needs tuning.
Det låter som en bra idé!
That sounds like a good idea!

Expressions

låt bli att störa mig!
leave me alone!

Questions

What does låta mean in English?

låta means “let, sound”.

What is the past tense of låta?

The past tense of låta is lät (“jag lät”). The supine is låtit, used in “jag har låtit”.

What is the present tense of låta?

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

Similar words

väsnas

Origin

From Old Swedish lāta, from Old Norse láta, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to let (go), be tired”).

Nearby common words

låta is number 167 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

163lämna leave, hand in
164titta look, watch
165alltid always, anyway
166detta this
168gjort done
169hem home
170fel wrong
171ringa call, ring

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