putta
Meaning
push
In Swedish: knuffa lätt
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att putta | to push |
|---|---|---|
| Present | puttar | jag puttar |
| Past | puttade | jag puttade |
| Supine | puttat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har puttat | jag har puttat |
| Past perfect | hade puttat | jag hade puttat |
| Future | ska putta | or: kommer att putta |
| Conditional | skulle putta | jag skulle putta |
| Imperative | putta! | a command |
| Present participle | puttande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | puttad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | puttas |
|---|---|
| Present | puttas |
| Past | puttades |
| Supine | puttats |
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 puttar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise putta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (putta). Which is the past tense?
putta in a sentence
- jag råkade putta till honomI accidentally pushed him
Questions
What does putta mean in English?
putta means “push”.
What is the past tense of putta?
The past tense of putta is puttade (“jag puttade”). The supine is puttat, used in “jag har puttat”.
What is the present tense of putta?
puttar, the same for every person: jag puttar, du puttar, vi puttar.
Similar words
Origin
From Old Norse pota, from Proto-Germanic *putōną.
Nearby common words
putta is number 6,892 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 6,888nordpol north pole (of a magnet)
- 6,889hallucinera to hallucinate
- 6,890sch shh!; shush!
- 6,891förutspå to predict, to anticipate
- 6,893slingra evade, twine
- 6,894entusiastisk enthusiastic
- 6,895predikan sermon
- 6,896regissera direct
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