lipa
Meaning
blubber
In Swedish: gråta
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att lipa | to blubber |
|---|---|---|
| Present | lipar | jag lipar |
| Past | lipade | jag lipade |
| Supine | lipat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har lipat | jag har lipat |
| Past perfect | hade lipat | jag hade lipat |
| Future | ska lipa | or: kommer att lipa |
| Conditional | skulle lipa | jag skulle lipa |
| Imperative | lipa! | a command |
| Present participle | lipande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | lipas |
|---|---|
| Present | lipas |
| Past | lipades |
| Supine | lipats |
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 lipar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise lipa
1 / 2Yesterday I … (lipa). Which is the past tense?
lipa in a sentence
- Sluta lipaStop crying
- Jag storlipade åt filmenI cried my eyes out at the movie
- Ungarna lipade åt honomThe kids stuck their tongues out at him
Questions
What does lipa mean in English?
lipa means “blubber”.
What is the past tense of lipa?
The past tense of lipa is lipade (“jag lipade”). The supine is lipat, used in “jag har lipat”.
What is the present tense of lipa?
lipar, the same for every person: jag lipar, du lipar, vi lipar.
Similar words
bölagråta
Origin
Borrowed from Middle Low German lipen, from lipe (“lip”).
Nearby common words
lipa is number 8,475 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 8,471exil exile
- 8,472farsot epidemic, plague
- 8,473glitter glistening, glitter
- 8,474ledighet time off, easiness of manner
- 8,476spridning spread
- 8,477tystna become silent
- 8,478upplösning resolution
- 8,479mordbrand arson; the crime of setting fire to something in order to cause damage, a fire started through arson
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary