pilla
Meaning
pick (poke) at
In Swedish: lätt vidröra, peta
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att pilla | to pick |
|---|---|---|
| Present | pillar | jag pillar |
| Past | pillade | jag pillade |
| Supine | pillat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har pillat | jag har pillat |
| Past perfect | hade pillat | jag hade pillat |
| Future | ska pilla | or: kommer att pilla |
| Conditional | skulle pilla | jag skulle pilla |
| Imperative | pilla! | a command |
| Present participle | pillande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | pillas |
|---|---|
| Present | pillas |
| Past | pillades |
| Supine | pillats |
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 pillar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise pilla
1 / 2Yesterday I … (pilla). Which is the past tense?
pilla in a sentence
- Pilla inte på såret!Don't pick at your cut!
- Han pillade bort kärnorna ur apelsinenHe removed the pips from the orange with his fingers
- Jag pillar med ett nytt projektI'm tinkering with a new project
Questions
What does pilla mean in English?
pilla means “pick (poke) at”.
What is the past tense of pilla?
The past tense of pilla is pillade (“jag pillade”). The supine is pillat, used in “jag har pillat”.
What is the present tense of pilla?
pillar, the same for every person: jag pillar, du pillar, vi pillar.
Similar words
Nearby common words
pilla is number 9,448 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 9,444tolfte twelfth
- 9,445renhet cleanness, purity
- 9,446middagstid at (around) noon, when dinner (middag) is eaten, dinner time
- 9,447hjärtligt heartily
- 9,449tvist dispute
- 9,450lillfinger little finger, pinky
- 9,451fixerad obsessed, fixed
- 9,452area area
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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