pila
Meaning
to dart; to run quickly, to shoot rapidly and energetically along
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att pila | to dart |
|---|---|---|
| Present | pilar | jag pilar |
| Past | pilade | jag pilade |
| Supine | pilat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har pilat | jag har pilat |
| Past perfect | hade pilat | jag hade pilat |
| Future | ska pila | or: kommer att pila |
| Conditional | skulle pila | jag skulle pila |
| Imperative | pila! | a command |
| Present participle | pilande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | pilad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | pilas |
|---|---|
| Present | pilas |
| Past | pilades |
| Supine | pilats |
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 pilar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise pila
1 / 2Yesterday I … (pila). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does pila mean in English?
pila means “to dart; to run quickly, to shoot rapidly and energetically along”.
What is the past tense of pila?
The past tense of pila is pilade (“jag pilade”). The supine is pilat, used in “jag har pilat”.
What is the present tense of pila?
pilar, the same for every person: jag pilar, du pilar, vi pilar.
Origin
From the noun pil (“dart, arrow”).
Nearby common words
pila is number 5,633 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 5,629maskhål wormhole
- 5,630dolde concealed, hid
- 5,631chockerande chocking
- 5,632allan only used in spela allan
- 5,634nedför down along
- 5,635pluton platoon
- 5,636tillägna dedicate
- 5,637intala to tell oneself, to (try to) convince oneself of (something, sometimes through wishful thinking), to convince, to persuade
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