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passera

pass (by), strain

Meaning

pass (by); strain

In Swedish: gå förbi, åka förbi

Conjugation

Conjugation of passera (pass)
Infinitive	att passera	to pass
Present	passerar	jag passerar
Past	passerade	jag passerade
Supine	passerat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har passerat	jag har passerat
Past perfect	hade passerat	jag hade passerat
Future	ska passera	or: kommer att passera
Conditional	skulle passera	jag skulle passera
Imperative	passera!	a command
Present participle	passerande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	passerad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of passera
Infinitive	passeras
Present	passeras
Past	passerades
Supine	passerats

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 passerar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

passera in a sentence

ett passerat stadium
a stage that has passed
vi passerade nyss en kiosk
we have just passed a kiosk
klockan har passerat stängningsdags
it is past closing time
passerade tomater
strained tomatoes / passata

Questions

What does passera mean in English?

passera means “pass (by), strain”.

What is the past tense of passera?

The past tense of passera is passerade (“jag passerade”). The supine is passerat, used in “jag har passerat”.

What is the present tense of passera?

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

Similar words

gå förbi

Nearby common words

passera is number 1,547 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,543djävul fiend, devil
1,544desto all the (desto bättre, all the better)
1,545tunga tongue, sole
1,546vittna witness, show
1,548råna rob
1,549uppmärksamhet attention
1,550sinne sense, mind
1,551lösning solution

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