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platsa

fit in, qualify for a position

Meaning

fit in; qualify for a position

In Swedish: vara lämplig på viss plats

Conjugation

Conjugation of platsa (fit in)
Infinitive	att platsa	to fit in
Present	platsar	jag platsar
Past	platsade	jag platsade
Supine	platsat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har platsat	jag har platsat
Past perfect	hade platsat	jag hade platsat
Future	ska platsa	or: kommer att platsa
Conditional	skulle platsa	jag skulle platsa
Imperative	platsa!	a command
Present participle	platsande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of platsa
Infinitive	platsas
Present	platsas
Past	platsades
Supine	platsats

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 platsar. See the four verb groups explained.

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platsa in a sentence

han platsar inte i laget
he does not fit in with the team (qualify for a place on the team)
Han platsar inte i NHL
He doesn't belong in the NHL
Den här låten skulle platsa på ett Michael Jackson-album
This song would fit on a Michael Jackson album

Questions

What does platsa mean in English?

platsa means “fit in, qualify for a position”.

What is the past tense of platsa?

The past tense of platsa is platsade (“jag platsade”). The supine is platsat, used in “jag har platsat”.

What is the present tense of platsa?

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

Origin

plats (“place”) + -a

Nearby common words

platsa is number 1,928 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,924förklaring explanation, declaration
1,925cancer cancer
1,926koppling coupling, connection
1,927närma approach, to move closer (to), to approach
1,929sömn sleep
1,930öva practice, train
1,931fartyg boat, vessel
1,932humör temper, temperament

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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