Swedish verb

lira

play

Meaning

play

In Swedish: spela (boll el. musik)

Conjugation

Conjugation of lira (play)
Infinitive	att lira	to play
Present	lirar	jag lirar
Past	lirade	jag lirade
Supine	lirat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har lirat	jag har lirat
Past perfect	hade lirat	jag hade lirat
Future	ska lira	or: kommer att lira
Conditional	skulle lira	jag skulle lira
Imperative	lira!	a command
Present participle	lirande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	lirad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of lira
Infinitive	liras
Present	liras
Past	lirades
Supine	lirats

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 lirar. See the four verb groups explained.

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lira in a sentence

lira fotboll
play football
lira gitarr
play guitar
lira gura
play guitar
lira Quake
play Quake

Questions

What does lira mean in English?

lira means “play”.

What is the past tense of lira?

The past tense of lira is lirade (“jag lirade”). The supine is lirat, used in “jag har lirat”.

What is the present tense of lira?

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

Similar words

spela

Nearby common words

lira is number 6,439 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,435ögonbryn eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)
6,436hemsöka beset, plague
6,437besvärjelse incantation, invocation
6,438bunt bunch, bundle
6,440streck stroke, line
6,441beskjuten shelled, shot at, fired upon
6,442pricka censure, hit
6,443formell formal

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