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reta

irritate, tease, stimulate/ˈrêː.ta/

Meaning

irritate; tease; stimulate

In Swedish: irritera

Conjugation

Conjugation of reta (irritate)
Infinitive	att reta	to irritate
Present	retar	jag retar
Past	retade	jag retade
Supine	retat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har retat	jag har retat
Past perfect	hade retat	jag hade retat
Future	ska reta	or: kommer att reta
Conditional	skulle reta	jag skulle reta
Imperative	reta!	a command
Present participle	retande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	retad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of reta
Infinitive	retas
Present	retas
Past	retades
Supine	retats

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 retar. See the four verb groups explained.

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reta in a sentence

Reta inte hunden!
Don't tease (annoy) the dog!
hon retar sig på honom
she gets irritated with him
reta aptiten
whet the appetite
reta nyfikenheten
excite (waken) one's curiosity

Words built with reta

rethosta irritating cough

Questions

What does reta mean in English?

reta means “irritate, tease”.

What is the past tense of reta?

The past tense of reta is retade (“jag retade”). The supine is retat, used in “jag har retat”.

What is the present tense of reta?

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

Similar words

tråkaenervera

Origin

From Old Norse reita, from Proto-Germanic *wraitijaną.

Nearby common words

reta is number 2,259 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,255unik unique
2,256avsikt intention, aim
2,257tillverka manufacture
2,258godis sweets, candy (US)
2,260firma firm
2,261framgång success
2,262check cheque, (check (US))
2,263sikta aim, sight

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary