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respektera

respect

Meaning

respect

In Swedish: visa respekt för, ta hänsyn till

Conjugation

Conjugation of respektera (respect)
Infinitive	att respektera	to respect
Present	respekterar	jag respekterar
Past	respekterade	jag respekterade
Supine	respekterat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har respekterat	jag har respekterat
Past perfect	hade respekterat	jag hade respekterat
Future	ska respektera	or: kommer att respektera
Conditional	skulle respektera	jag skulle respektera
Imperative	respektera!	a command
Present participle	respekterande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	respekterad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of respektera
Infinitive	respekteras
Present	respekteras
Past	respekterades
Supine	respekterats

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 respekterar. See the four verb groups explained.

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respektera in a sentence

känd och respekterad
well-known and respected
Respektera vår önskan att vara ifred!
Respect our wish to be left in peace!

Questions

What does respektera mean in English?

respektera means “respect”.

What is the past tense of respektera?

The past tense of respektera is respekterade (“jag respekterade”). The supine is respekterat, used in “jag har respekterat”.

What is the present tense of respektera?

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

Similar words

ta hänsynvörda

Origin

respekt + -era

Nearby common words

respektera is number 1,567 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,562duga be adequate, be suitable
1,563rom roe, rum
1,564lyda obey, run
1,566matt feeble, weak
1,568stycken instances, instances of (anything)
1,569skylla blame
1,570tanka fill [with petrol]
1,571antagligen probably, presumably

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