Swedish verb

missbruka

abuse

Meaning

abuse

In Swedish: använda på ett olämpligt el. skadligt sätt

Conjugation

Conjugation of missbruka (abuse)
Infinitive	att missbruka	to abuse
Present	missbrukar	jag missbrukar
Past	missbrukade	jag missbrukade
Supine	missbrukat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har missbrukat	jag har missbrukat
Past perfect	hade missbrukat	jag hade missbrukat
Future	ska missbruka	or: kommer att missbruka
Conditional	skulle missbruka	jag skulle missbruka
Imperative	missbruka!	a command
Present participle	missbrukande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	missbrukad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of missbruka
Infinitive	missbrukas
Present	missbrukas
Past	missbrukades
Supine	missbrukats

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 missbrukar. See the four verb groups explained.

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missbruka in a sentence

missbruka sin makt
abuse one's power
missbruka någons förtroende
abuse someone's trust

Questions

What does missbruka mean in English?

missbruka means “abuse”.

What is the past tense of missbruka?

The past tense of missbruka is missbrukade (“jag missbrukade”). The supine is missbrukat, used in “jag har missbrukat”.

What is the present tense of missbruka?

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

Origin

miss + bruka

Nearby common words

missbruka is number 6,083 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,079iskallt in an ice-cold manner
6,080barack barracks, hut
6,081excellens Excellency
6,082flertal majority, plural
6,084härma imitate, mimic
6,085kråka crow
6,086uppifrån down (from above)
6,087mästerverk a masterpiece

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