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lura

fool, trick, deceive, lurk

Meaning

fool; trick; deceive; lurk

In Swedish: stå på lur

Conjugation

Conjugation of lura (fool)
Infinitive	att lura	to fool
Present	lurar	jag lurar
Past	lurade	jag lurade
Supine	lurat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har lurat	jag har lurat
Past perfect	hade lurat	jag hade lurat
Future	ska lura	or: kommer att lura
Conditional	skulle lura	jag skulle lura
Imperative	lura!	a command
Present participle	lurande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	lurad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of lura
Infinitive	luras
Present	luras
Past	lurades
Supine	lurats

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 lurar. See the four verb groups explained.

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lura in a sentence

döden lurar
death lies in wait
låta lura sig
let oneself be taken in
bli lurad
be swindled
Han lurade mig!
He tricked me!
bli lurad på pengar
be cheated out of money
lura på någon något
trick someone into accepting something (they do not want)
April april, din dumma sill, jag kan lura dig vart jag vill!
April April, you stupid herring, I can trick you [to] wherever I want! [or "lure you wherever I want, " but "lura" has a less sinister tone of trick/fool in Swedish] [a rhyme used like "April Fools!"]
Lejonet lurade på ett byte
The lion stalked its prey ("The lion was lurking on a prey, " as in waiting to ambush)

Questions

What does lura mean in English?

lura means “fool, trick”.

What is the past tense of lura?

The past tense of lura is lurade (“jag lurade”). The supine is lurat, used in “jag har lurat”.

What is the present tense of lura?

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

Similar words

bluffagäckabedravilseledabedraganarrabedrägeridesinformera

Origin

From Middle Low German luren.

Nearby common words

lura is number 827 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

823slåss fight
824tanke thought
825röst voice, vote
826skön comfortable, nice
828fart rate, speed
829lukta smell
830själ soul, spirit
831sjunga sing

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary