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rosa

pink, rose/ˈroːˌsa/

rosa as an adjective

Meaning

pink; rose

In Swedish: ljust röd, skär

rosa as a noun

Meaning

pink (color/colour)

rosa as a verb

Meaning

praise

In Swedish: berömma

Conjugation

Conjugation of rosa (praise)
Infinitive	att rosa	to praise
Present	rosar	jag rosar
Past	rosade	jag rosade
Supine	rosat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har rosat	jag har rosat
Past perfect	hade rosat	jag hade rosat
Future	ska rosa	or: kommer att rosa
Conditional	skulle rosa	jag skulle rosa
Imperative	rosa!	a command
Present participle	rosande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	rosad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of rosa
Infinitive	rosas
Present	rosas
Past	rosades
Supine	rosats

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 rosar. See the four verb groups explained.

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What does rosa mean?

rosa in a sentence

en rosa klänning
a rose (pink) dress
en rosa kanin
a pink rabbit
ett rosa hus
a pink house
rosa rosor
pink roses
författarna rosades av en enig kritikerkår
the authors received unanimous praise from the critics

Questions

What does rosa mean in English?

rosa means “pink, rose”.

What is the past tense of rosa?

The past tense of rosa is rosade (“jag rosade”). The supine is rosat, used in “jag har rosat”.

What is the present tense of rosa?

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

Similar words

berömmaskärljusröd

Origin

From a Romance language, likely via German, from French rose.

Nearby common words

rosa is number 1,126 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,122ö island
1,123ingenstans anywhere, nowhere
1,124ren clean, pure
1,125match game, match
1,127å pronunciation spelling of och (“and”)
1,128innebära involve, mean
1,129nyss just now
1,130spara to save, to store for future use, to save; write to a disc

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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