Swedish verb· top 500 most common

leta

look

Meaning

look

In Swedish: försöka hitta, söka

Conjugation

Conjugation of leta (look)
Infinitive	att leta	to look
Present	letar	jag letar
Past	letade	jag letade
Supine	letat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har letat	jag har letat
Past perfect	hade letat	jag hade letat
Future	ska leta	or: kommer att leta
Conditional	skulle leta	jag skulle leta
Imperative	leta!	a command
Present participle	letande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	letad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of leta
Infinitive	letas
Present	letas
Past	letades
Supine	letats

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 letar. See the four verb groups explained.

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leta in a sentence

leta efter en bekant
look for a friend
leta efter ett jobb
look for a job
Vad letar du efter?
What are you searching for?

Expressions

leta rätt (el. reda) på sina glasögon
try to find one's glasses

Questions

What does leta mean in English?

leta means “look”.

What is the past tense of leta?

The past tense of leta is letade (“jag letade”). The supine is letat, used in “jag har letat”.

What is the present tense of leta?

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

Similar words

söka

Origin

From Old Swedish lēta, from Old Norse leita, from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną.

Nearby common words

leta is number 295 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

291minut minute, minutia, sundry
292först first, at first
293kalla call, summon
294annat something else, another, something else
296jo yes, sure, well
297sätta place, put
298flicka girl
299ingenting anything, nothing

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