Swedish verb · adjective· top 1,000 most common

laga

fix, repair, cook, make/²lɑːɡa/

laga as a verb

Meaning

fix; repair; cook; make

In Swedish: tillreda, anrätta

Conjugation

Conjugation of laga (fix)
Infinitive	att laga	to fix
Present	lagar	jag lagar
Past	lagade	jag lagade
Supine	lagat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har lagat	jag har lagat
Past perfect	hade lagat	jag hade lagat
Future	ska laga	or: kommer att laga
Conditional	skulle laga	jag skulle laga
Imperative	laga!	a command
Present participle	lagande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	lagad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of laga
Infinitive	lagas
Present	lagas
Past	lagades
Supine	lagats

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 lagar. See the four verb groups explained.

laga as an adjective

Meaning

legal

In Swedish: som stämmer med lagen

Practise laga

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Yesterday I … (laga). Which is the past tense?

laga in a sentence

laga mat
cook
laga cykeln
repair the bicycle
i laga ordning
according to the regulations prescribed by law
laga förfall
lawful (valid) excuse

Expressions

domen har vunnit laga kraft
the decision has become legally binding

Questions

What does laga mean in English?

laga means “fix, repair”.

What is the past tense of laga?

The past tense of laga is lagade (“jag lagade”). The supine is lagat, used in “jag har lagat”.

What is the present tense of laga?

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

Similar words

repareraskapatillreda

Origin

From Old Swedish lagha (“bring to order; form into teams”), equivalent to lag (“team”) + -a.

Nearby common words

laga is number 820 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

816vanlig ordinary, common
817spring run
818tacka thank
819intressant interesting
821lik like, alike
822egna own, own; plural of egen
823slåss fight
824tanke thought

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