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repa

scratch, score, recover

repa as a verb

Meaning

scratch; score; recover

In Swedish: göra skåror i, skrapa

Conjugation

Conjugation of repa (scratch)
Infinitive	att repa	to scratch
Present	repar	jag repar
Past	repade	jag repade
Supine	repat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har repat	jag har repat
Past perfect	hade repat	jag hade repat
Future	ska repa	or: kommer att repa
Conditional	skulle repa	jag skulle repa
Imperative	repa!	a command
Present participle	repande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	repad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of repa
Infinitive	repas
Present	repas
Past	repades
Supine	repats

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 repar. See the four verb groups explained.

repa as a noun(en repa)

Meaning

scratch

In Swedish: skåra (i en blank yta) som gjorts av ett vasst föremål

Forms

Forms of repa
Singular, indefinite	en repa
Singular, definite	repan
Plural, indefinite	repor
Plural, definite	reporna

repa is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor repa, den stora repan. Check another noun

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repa in a sentence

ett repat bord
a scratched table
repa mod
take heart, pluck up courage
repa sig efter en sjukdom
recover from an illness
en repa i lacken
a scratch in the varnish

Questions

What does repa mean in English?

repa means “scratch, score”.

Is it en repa or ett repa?

It is en repa, and “the scratch” is repan.

What is the plural of repa?

The plural of repa is repor, and the definite plural is reporna.

What is the past tense of repa?

The past tense of repa is repade (“jag repade”). The supine is repat, used in “jag har repat”.

What is the present tense of repa?

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

Similar words

rispaövaskrapa

Origin

Of uncertain origin.

Nearby common words

repa is number 3,463 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,459gull baby, darling, someone dear and cute (gullig), someone to cuddle (gulla med)
3,460skåla drink to [sby's health], toast
3,461syre oxygen
3,462strypa choke, strangle
3,464jasså alternative form of jaså
3,465rät straight, right angle
3,466replik reply, retort
3,467förstånd sense, intelligence

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