presentera
Meaning
introduce
In Swedish: göra en person bekant för en annan, föreställa
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att presentera | to introduce |
|---|---|---|
| Present | presenterar | jag presenterar |
| Past | presenterade | jag presenterade |
| Supine | presenterat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har presenterat | jag har presenterat |
| Past perfect | hade presenterat | jag hade presenterat |
| Future | ska presentera | or: kommer att presentera |
| Conditional | skulle presentera | jag skulle presentera |
| Imperative | presentera! | a command |
| Present participle | presenterande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | presenterad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | presenteras |
|---|---|
| Present | presenteras |
| Past | presenterades |
| Supine | presenterats |
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 presenterar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise presentera
1 / 2Yesterday I … (presentera). Which is the past tense?
presentera in a sentence
- han presenterade mig för sin fruhe introduced me to his wife
- hon presenterade sin nya bokshe presented her new book
- presentera en ny produkt på en mässapresent a new product at a trade show
- Han presenterade sig som NisseHe introduced himself as Nisse
- Låt mig presentera dagens tävlandeAllow me to introduce today's contestants
Questions
What does presentera mean in English?
presentera means “introduce”.
What is the past tense of presentera?
The past tense of presentera is presenterade (“jag presenterade”). The supine is presenterat, used in “jag har presenterat”.
What is the present tense of presentera?
presenterar, the same for every person: jag presenterar, du presenterar, vi presenterar.
Similar words
framföraframläggalägga fram
Where the course teaches it
- Swedish words ending in -ationComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish past tense verb conjugationComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish verbs of position: ligger, stårComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Complete Swedish Season 2: what to expectComplete Swedish – Season 2
- Swedish past tense: -te and -de endingsComplete Swedish – Season 2
- Swedish words ending in -portComplete Swedish – Season 2
Origin
From French présenter, from Latin praesentāre (“to show, to present”).
Nearby common words
presentera is number 1,101 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 1,097misstänkt suspicious, shady
- 1,098tåg train, procession
- 1,099någonstans somewhere, anywhere; in, at or to any place
- 1,100gäst guest
- 1,102fröken Miss
- 1,103bry care
- 1,104medicin medicine
- 1,105överraskning surprise
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