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mosa

mash

Meaning

mash

In Swedish: göra till mos, krossa

Conjugation

Conjugation of mosa (mash)
Infinitive	att mosa	to mash
Present	mosar	jag mosar
Past	mosade	jag mosade
Supine	mosat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har mosat	jag har mosat
Past perfect	hade mosat	jag hade mosat
Future	ska mosa	or: kommer att mosa
Conditional	skulle mosa	jag skulle mosa
Imperative	mosa!	a command
Present participle	mosande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	mosad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of mosa
Infinitive	mosas
Present	mosas
Past	mosades
Supine	mosats

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 mosar. See the four verb groups explained.

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mosa in a sentence

hans näsa hade mosats av ett knytnävsslag
his nose had been flattened by a punch
Han mosade potatisarna
He mashed the potatoes
Bilen mosades av monstertrucken
The car was crushed by the monster truck
Han mosades under Godzillas fot
He was pancaked beneath Godzilla's foot
en mosad insekt
a squashed insect
De mosades av motståndarlaget
They were crushed by the opposing team

Questions

What does mosa mean in English?

mosa means “mash”.

What is the past tense of mosa?

The past tense of mosa is mosade (“jag mosade”). The supine is mosat, used in “jag har mosat”.

What is the present tense of mosa?

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

Origin

mos (“mash, puree”) + -a

Nearby common words

mosa is number 2,821 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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2,823främmande strange
2,824kapitel chapter
2,825samband relation, connection

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