radera
Meaning
erase
In Swedish: sudda ut
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att radera | to erase |
|---|---|---|
| Present | raderar | jag raderar |
| Past | raderade | jag raderade |
| Supine | raderat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har raderat | jag har raderat |
| Past perfect | hade raderat | jag hade raderat |
| Future | ska radera | or: kommer att radera |
| Conditional | skulle radera | jag skulle radera |
| Imperative | radera! | a command |
| Present participle | raderande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | raderad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | raderas |
|---|---|
| Present | raderas |
| Past | raderades |
| Supine | raderats |
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 raderar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise radera
1 / 2Yesterday I … (radera). Which is the past tense?
radera in a sentence
- radera ut vad man har skriviterase (rub out) what one has written
Questions
What does radera mean in English?
radera means “erase”.
What is the past tense of radera?
The past tense of radera is raderade (“jag raderade”). The supine is raderat, used in “jag har raderat”.
What is the present tense of radera?
raderar, the same for every person: jag raderar, du raderar, vi raderar.
Similar words
ta bort
Origin
From Latin radere.
Nearby common words
radera is number 2,250 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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