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locka

entice, curl

Meaning

entice; curl

In Swedish: förmå någon (genom löften etc) att göra något

Conjugation

Conjugation of locka (entice)
Infinitive	att locka	to entice
Present	lockar	jag lockar
Past	lockade	jag lockade
Supine	lockat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har lockat	jag har lockat
Past perfect	hade lockat	jag hade lockat
Future	ska locka	or: kommer att locka
Conditional	skulle locka	jag skulle locka
Imperative	locka!	a command
Present participle	lockande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	lockad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of locka
Infinitive	lockas
Present	lockas
Past	lockades
Supine	lockats

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 lockar. See the four verb groups explained.

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locka in a sentence

locka turister till staden
draw tourists to the city
locka någon att skratta
make sby laugh
locka på hunden
call the dog
locka håret
curl hair
locka expertis till företaget
attract expertise to the company
locka någon i en fälla
lure someone into a trap
locka en ko med ett lockrop
attract a cow with a herding call
lockat hår
curled hair

Words built with locka

lockpris specially reduced price

Questions

What does locka mean in English?

locka means “entice, curl”.

What is the past tense of locka?

The past tense of locka is lockade (“jag lockade”). The supine is lockat, used in “jag har lockat”.

What is the present tense of locka?

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

Similar words

attraherafresta

Origin

From Old Swedish lokka, lukka (“to kindly persuade”), from Old Norse lokka (“to lure, entice”), from Proto-Germanic *lukkōną (“to allure”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to lie”).

Nearby common words

locka is number 2,366 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,361tant aunt, lady
2,362lex Used before a given name to form names, often informal, for certain laws.
2,364dräkt costume, dress
2,365lider hut, shed
2,367förgöra destroy, put to death
2,368förhöra questioning, interrogation
2,369ryska Russian, Russian woman
2,370klandra blame, criticize

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