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peta

poke, oust, dismiss

Meaning

poke; oust; dismiss

In Swedish: vidröra med fingret (el. annat spetsigt föremål)

Conjugation

Conjugation of peta (poke)
Infinitive	att peta	to poke
Present	petar	jag petar
Past	petade	jag petade
Supine	petat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har petat	jag har petat
Past perfect	hade petat	jag hade petat
Future	ska peta	or: kommer att peta
Conditional	skulle peta	jag skulle peta
Imperative	peta!	a command
Present participle	petande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	petad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of peta
Infinitive	petas
Present	petas
Past	petades
Supine	petats

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 petar. See the four verb groups explained.

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peta in a sentence

peta (i) näsan
pick one's nose
Peta inte i kontakten!
Don't poke (your finger) into the socket!
han petades ur laget
he was dropped from the team
peta näsan / peta i näsan / peta sig i näsan
pick one's nose
Han petade på det lilla djuret med pekfingret
He poked the little animal with his index finger
Margit var kräsmagad och petade alltid bort oliverna ur salladen
Margit was a picky eater and always picked ("poked") the olives out of the salad
Hon blev petad ur laget
She was dropped from the team ("poked out of the team")
Det var Nisses låt som till slut petade bort The Beatles från förstaplatsen på listorna
It was Nisse's song that finally knocked The Beatles off the top of the charts ("poked away The Beatles")

Questions

What does peta mean in English?

peta means “poke, oust”.

What is the past tense of peta?

The past tense of peta is petade (“jag petade”). The supine is petat, used in “jag har petat”.

What is the present tense of peta?

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

Origin

Uncertain.

Nearby common words

peta is number 1,427 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,423förfluten past, bygone
1,424våning floor, flat
1,425otrolig unbelievable
1,426gjord made, done
1,428samtidigt simultaneously, at the same time
1,429drömma dream
1,430miljon million
1,431snällt kindly

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