ragga
Meaning
pick up, chase (girls)
In Swedish: jaga (flickor)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att ragga | to pick up |
|---|---|---|
| Present | raggar | jag raggar |
| Past | raggade | jag raggade |
| Supine | raggat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har raggat | jag har raggat |
| Past perfect | hade raggat | jag hade raggat |
| Future | ska ragga | or: kommer att ragga |
| Conditional | skulle ragga | jag skulle ragga |
| Imperative | ragga! | a command |
| Present participle | raggande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | raggad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | raggas |
|---|---|
| Present | raggas |
| Past | raggades |
| Supine | raggats |
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 raggar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise ragga
1 / 2Yesterday I … (ragga). Which is the past tense?
ragga in a sentence
- Han raggade på henneHe was hitting on her
Questions
What does ragga mean in English?
ragga means “pick up, chase (girls)”.
What is the past tense of ragga?
The past tense of ragga is raggade (“jag raggade”). The supine is raggat, used in “jag har raggat”.
What is the present tense of ragga?
raggar, the same for every person: jag raggar, du raggar, vi raggar.
Similar words
Origin
Definitions 1-3 originate from ragg (“fur, bristles”).
Nearby common words
ragga is number 4,822 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 4,818irritera irritate, annoy
- 4,819öst towards the east, eastward
- 4,820profet prophet
- 4,821grönsak a vegetable, a vegetable (severely physically or mentally impaired person (unable to take care of themselves, with a dull-seeming existence))
- 4,823uppfinning invention
- 4,824påkörd run over
- 4,825potentiell potential
- 4,826illegal illegal
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