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lasta

load, blame

Meaning

load; blame

In Swedish: lägga last på; placera

Conjugation

Conjugation of lasta (load)
Infinitive	att lasta	to load
Present	lastar	jag lastar
Past	lastade	jag lastade
Supine	lastat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har lastat	jag har lastat
Past perfect	hade lastat	jag hade lastat
Future	ska lasta	or: kommer att lasta
Conditional	skulle lasta	jag skulle lasta
Imperative	lasta!	a command
Present participle	lastande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	lastad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of lasta
Infinitive	lastas
Present	lastas
Past	lastades
Supine	lastats

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 lastar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise lasta

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

lasta in a sentence

båten var lastad med bananer
the boat was laden (loaded) with bananas
tågföraren kan inte lastas för olyckan
the engine driver cannot be blamed for the accident
Du kan inte lasta mig för det
You can't blame me for that

Questions

What does lasta mean in English?

lasta means “load, blame”.

What is the past tense of lasta?

The past tense of lasta is lastade (“jag lastade”). The supine is lastat, used in “jag har lastat”.

What is the present tense of lasta?

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

Origin

last + -a

Nearby common words

lasta is number 2,582 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,578hat hate
2,579söner sons
2,580rektor headmistress), head (headmaster
2,581dömd doomed, Sentenced (like jail)
2,583junior junior
2,584förbanna curse
2,585barnbarn a grandchild (the child of one's child)
2,586aktivera activate, make active

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