mobba
Meaning
gang up on; bully
In Swedish: ge sig på, trakassera
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att mobba | to gang up on |
|---|---|---|
| Present | mobbar | jag mobbar |
| Past | mobbade | jag mobbade |
| Supine | mobbat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har mobbat | jag har mobbat |
| Past perfect | hade mobbat | jag hade mobbat |
| Future | ska mobba | or: kommer att mobba |
| Conditional | skulle mobba | jag skulle mobba |
| Imperative | mobba! | a command |
| Present participle | mobbande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | mobbad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | mobbas |
|---|---|
| Present | mobbas |
| Past | mobbades |
| Supine | mobbats |
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 mobbar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise mobba
1 / 2Yesterday I … (mobba). Which is the past tense?
mobba in a sentence
- bli mobbad i klassenbe ganged up on in class
- bli mobbad i skolanbe bullied at school
Questions
What does mobba mean in English?
mobba means “gang up on, bully”.
What is the past tense of mobba?
The past tense of mobba is mobbade (“jag mobbade”). The supine is mobbat, used in “jag har mobbat”.
What is the present tense of mobba?
mobbar, the same for every person: jag mobbar, du mobbar, vi mobbar.
Similar words
utfrysa
Origin
Borrowed from English mob.
Nearby common words
mobba is number 8,154 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 8,150reklamfilm advertisement (in the form of a video clip); commercial, video ad
- 8,151fascinera fascinate
- 8,152obegränsad unlimited
- 8,153ort neighbourhood, (neighborhood (US)), locality
- 8,155shejk sheik
- 8,156grundlig thorough, solid
- 8,157rann ran
- 8,158alle a 19th century (-e/-a ending) form of alla
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