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roa

amuse, entertain

Meaning

amuse; entertain

In Swedish: underhålla

Conjugation

Conjugation of roa (amuse)
Infinitive	att roa	to amuse
Present	roar	jag roar
Past	roade	jag roade
Supine	roat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har roat	jag har roat
Past perfect	hade roat	jag hade roat
Future	ska roa	or: kommer att roa
Conditional	skulle roa	jag skulle roa
Imperative	roa!	a command
Present participle	roande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	road	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of roa
Infinitive	roas
Present	roas
Past	roades
Supine	roats

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 roar. See the four verb groups explained.

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roa in a sentence

de roade sig med att kasta sten
they amused themselves by throwing stones
det roar mig att höra dig berätta
I enjoy hearing (it amuses me to hear) you talk
hon är inte road av teater
she doesn't enjoy the theatre
Farfar roade dom med fräckisar
Grandpa entertained them with dirty jokes
Att se på när andra arbetar roar henne
Watching others work amuses her

Questions

What does roa mean in English?

roa means “amuse, entertain”.

What is the past tense of roa?

The past tense of roa is roade (“jag roade”). The supine is roat, used in “jag har roat”.

What is the present tense of roa?

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

Similar words

underhållaförlusta

Origin

ro + -a, from Old Swedish ro (“rest”), German ruhe with a secondary meaning in Danish and Swedish of entertainment, pastime (during the rest)

Nearby common words

roa is number 2,446 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,442itu in two
2,443utmaning challenge
2,444smyga steal, slip
2,445olagligt illegal, illegally
2,447ex specimen, example
2,448banan banana
2,449olja oil
2,450matta carpet

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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