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plåga

torture, torment

plåga as a verb

Meaning

torture; torment

In Swedish: utsätta för plåga

Conjugation

Conjugation of plåga (torture)
Infinitive	att plåga	to torture
Present	plågar	jag plågar
Past	plågade	jag plågade
Supine	plågat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har plågat	jag har plågat
Past perfect	hade plågat	jag hade plågat
Future	ska plåga	or: kommer att plåga
Conditional	skulle plåga	jag skulle plåga
Imperative	plåga!	a command
Present participle	plågande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	plågad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of plåga
Infinitive	plågas
Present	plågas
Past	plågades
Supine	plågats

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 plågar. See the four verb groups explained.

plåga as a noun(en plåga)

Meaning

pain

In Swedish: svår och ihållande (fysisk el. psykisk) smärta

Forms

Forms of plåga
Singular, indefinite	en plåga
Singular, definite	plågan
Plural, indefinite	plågor
Plural, definite	plågorna

plåga is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor plåga, den stora plågan. Check another noun

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plåga in a sentence

Plåga inte katten!
Stop tormenting the cat!
plågas av dålig ekonomi
be plagued by financial difficulties
Grannen plågade henne med hög musik vid fyratiden på morgonen.
Her neighbor tormented her with loud music at four in the morning.
hon dog utan plågor
she died without pain
han är en plåga för sin omgivning
he is a torment (nuisance, bore) to those around him

Questions

What does plåga mean in English?

plåga means “torture, torment”.

Is it en plåga or ett plåga?

It is en plåga, and “the pain” is plågan.

What is the plural of plåga?

The plural of plåga is plågor, and the definite plural is plågorna.

What is the past tense of plåga?

The past tense of plåga is plågade (“jag plågade”). The supine is plågat, used in “jag har plågat”.

What is the present tense of plåga?

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

Similar words

tortyrvedermödalidandepinaanfäkta

Origin

From Old Swedish plagha, from Middle Low German plage, from Latin plaga (“plague, injury, wound”).

Nearby common words

plåga is number 2,001 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,997pilot pilot
1,998kalifornien California
1,999förneka deny
2,000sårad wounded, wounded, hurt
2,002hacka mince, hack
2,003befäl (person in) command, officer(s)
2,004tävling competition
2,005längs alongside, along

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