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ro

row/ruː/

ro as a verb

Meaning

row

In Swedish: driva fram en båt med åror

Conjugation

Conjugation of ro (row)
Infinitive	att ro	to row
Present	ror	jag ror
Past	rodde	jag rodde
Supine	rott	used after har / hade
Perfect	har rott	jag har rott
Past perfect	hade rott	jag hade rott
Future	ska ro	or: kommer att ro
Conditional	skulle ro	jag skulle ro
Imperative	ro!	a command
Present participle	roende	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	rodd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of ro
Infinitive	ros
Present	ros
Past	roddes
Supine	rotts

Group 3: short verbs. The infinitive does not end in -a; present -r, past -dde, supine -tt. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use ror. See the four verb groups explained.

ro as a noun(en ro)

Meaning

peace; calm

In Swedish: lugn och stillhet

Forms

Forms of ro
Singular, indefinite	en ro
Singular, definite	ron

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

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ro in a sentence

Vem kan segla förutan vind, vem kan ro utan åror?
Who can sail without wind, who can row without oars?
Ro hit med kebabsåsen!
Pass the kebab sauce!
slå sig till ro med en bok
settle down with a book
promenera i allsköns ro
walk in peace and quiet
lugn och ro
peace and quiet

Words built with ro

arbetsro peaceful surroundings conducive to work

Questions

What does ro mean in English?

ro means “row”.

Is it en ro or ett ro?

It is en ro, and “the peace” is ron.

What is the past tense of ro?

The past tense of ro is rodde (“jag rodde”). The supine is rott, used in “jag har rott”.

What is the present tense of ro?

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

Origin

From Old Norse róa, from Proto-Germanic *rōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-.

Nearby common words

ro is number 1,386 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,382upptäcka discover
1,383linje line, route
1,384wow wow
1,385restaurang restaurant
1,387tank tank
1,388föredra prefer, deliver
1,389nöje enjoyment, pleasure
1,390taxi taxi

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