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ropa

shout

Meaning

shout

In Swedish: säga något så högt att det hörs på avstånd

Conjugation

Conjugation of ropa (shout)
Infinitive	att ropa	to shout
Present	ropar	jag ropar
Past	ropade	jag ropade
Supine	ropat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har ropat	jag har ropat
Past perfect	hade ropat	jag hade ropat
Future	ska ropa	or: kommer att ropa
Conditional	skulle ropa	jag skulle ropa
Imperative	ropa!	a command
Present participle	ropande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	ropad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of ropa
Infinitive	ropas
Present	ropas
Past	ropades
Supine	ropats

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 ropar. See the four verb groups explained.

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ropa in a sentence

ropa på polis
call the police
de ropade och skrek
they shouted and screamed
ropa på hjälp
call for help
ropa på någon
call for someone (to summon them or attract their attention)
"Hallå, ni där borta", ropade han
"Hey, you over there, " he shouted
kassören ropade att butiken stänger
the cashier announced that the store is closing

Expressions

ropa upp (namn)
call out (names)

Questions

What does ropa mean in English?

ropa means “shout”.

What is the past tense of ropa?

The past tense of ropa is ropade (“jag ropade”). The supine is ropat, used in “jag har ropat”.

What is the present tense of ropa?

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

Similar words

hojtatjoa

Origin

From Old Swedish rōpa, from Old Norse hrópa, from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną.

Nearby common words

ropa is number 1,631 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,627an used as a verb particle, similar to German preposition an (“at, in, on, to”)
1,628intresse interest
1,629flyttad moved, removed
1,630liknande similar
1,632mäktig powerful, impressive
1,633hörn corner
1,634sötnos sweetie, cutie, cutie pie
1,635sko shoe, boot

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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