lita
Meaning
rely on
In Swedish: ha förtroende för, tro på
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att lita | to rely on |
|---|---|---|
| Present | litar | jag litar |
| Past | litade | jag litade |
| Supine | litat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har litat | jag har litat |
| Past perfect | hade litat | jag hade litat |
| Future | ska lita | or: kommer att lita |
| Conditional | skulle lita | jag skulle lita |
| Imperative | lita! | a command |
| Present participle | litande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | litad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | litas |
|---|---|
| Present | litas |
| Past | litades |
| Supine | litats |
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 litar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise lita
1 / 2Yesterday I … (lita). Which is the past tense?
lita in a sentence
- Lita på mig!Trust me!
- Jag litar på digI trust you
- Jag litar på att det är santI trust that it is true
- Jag litar på att du talar sanningI trust that you are telling the truth
- Litar du inte på mig?Don't you trust me?
- Hon går inte att lita påShe cannot be trusted
- Hon är inte att lita påShe is not to be trusted
- lita till sig självrely on oneself
Questions
What does lita mean in English?
lita means “rely on”.
What is the past tense of lita?
The past tense of lita is litade (“jag litade”). The supine is litat, used in “jag har litat”.
What is the present tense of lita?
litar, the same for every person: jag litar, du litar, vi litar.
Similar words
tro på
Origin
From Old Norse hlíta, from a fusion of Proto-Germanic *wlītaną (“to see”) and a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”).
Nearby common words
lita is number 361 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 357slå hit, beat
- 358fyra four
- 359bror a brother, a contracted form of broder, bro, brother (usually friendly or familiar term of address for a male)
- 360mede runner (device upon which something slides), rocker (device upon which something rocks)
- 362dollar dollar
- 363vapen weapon, arm (branch) of the defence forces
- 364dörr door
- 365runt round
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