Swedish verb · noun· top 5,000 most common

para

couple, mate

para as a verb

Meaning

couple; mate

In Swedish: förena till par; sammanfoga

Conjugation

Conjugation of para (couple)
Infinitive	att para	to couple
Present	parar	jag parar
Past	parade	jag parade
Supine	parat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har parat	jag har parat
Past perfect	hade parat	jag hade parat
Future	ska para	or: kommer att para
Conditional	skulle para	jag skulle para
Imperative	para!	a command
Present participle	parande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	parad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of para
Infinitive	paras
Present	paras
Past	parades
Supine	parats

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 parar. See the four verb groups explained.

para as a noun

Meaning

money

Practise para

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Yesterday I … (para). Which is the past tense?

para in a sentence

para ihop
match, pair
skicklighet parad med tur
skill combined (coupled) with luck

Questions

What does para mean in English?

para means “couple, mate”.

What is the past tense of para?

The past tense of para is parade (“jag parade”). The supine is parat, used in “jag har parat”.

What is the present tense of para?

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

Similar words

förena

Origin

From par + -a.

Nearby common words

para is number 4,524 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,520national national
4,521smekmånad honeymoon (period of time immediately following a marriage)
4,522bridge bridge
4,523lappa patch
4,525givit given
4,526beck pitch
4,528svit sequence, succession
4,529utlösa start off

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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