paja
Meaning
break down
In Swedish: gå sönder; göra sönder
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att paja | to break down |
|---|---|---|
| Present | pajar | jag pajar |
| Past | pajade | jag pajade |
| Supine | pajat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har pajat | jag har pajat |
| Past perfect | hade pajat | jag hade pajat |
| Future | ska paja | or: kommer att paja |
| Conditional | skulle paja | jag skulle paja |
| Imperative | paja! | a command |
| Present participle | pajande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | pajad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | pajas |
|---|---|
| Present | pajas |
| Past | pajades |
| Supine | pajats |
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 pajar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise paja
1 / 2Yesterday I … (paja). Which is the past tense?
paja in a sentence
- bilen har pajatthe car has broken down
- Diskmaskinen pajade nyss.The dishwasher just broke.
- Jag har råkat paja min tv.I've accidentally broken my TV.
- Jag råkade paja vasenI accidentally broke the vase
Questions
What does paja mean in English?
paja means “break down”.
What is the past tense of paja?
The past tense of paja is pajade (“jag pajade”). The supine is pajat, used in “jag har pajat”.
What is the present tense of paja?
pajar, the same for every person: jag pajar, du pajar, vi pajar.
Similar words
Origin
From Tavringer Romani pagra, paggra (“to break, to destroy”), from Romani phag- (“to break, to destroy”).
Nearby common words
paja is number 5,059 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 5,055lossa loose, loosen
- 5,056massiv solid, massive
- 5,057tjockis fatso
- 5,058vårda take care of
- 5,060marina marina
- 5,061finansiera finance
- 5,062demonstration demonstration
- 5,063gigantisk gigantic
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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