Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

rota

rummage, root, poke, grub

Meaning

rummage, root, poke, grub

In Swedish: röra omkring saker för att hitta något

Conjugation

Conjugation of rota (rummage)
Infinitive	att rota	to rummage
Present	rotar	jag rotar
Past	rotade	jag rotade
Supine	rotat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har rotat	jag har rotat
Past perfect	hade rotat	jag hade rotat
Future	ska rota	or: kommer att rota
Conditional	skulle rota	jag skulle rota
Imperative	rota!	a command
Present participle	rotande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	rotad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of rota
Infinitive	rotas
Present	rotas
Past	rotades
Supine	rotats

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 rotar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (rota). Which is the past tense?

rota in a sentence

hon rotade i sin väska
she rummaged in her bag
hunden rotade ivrigt i jorden
the dog rooted (dug) eagerly in the ground

Questions

What does rota mean in English?

rota means “rummage, root, poke, grub”.

What is the past tense of rota?

The past tense of rota is rotade (“jag rotade”). The supine is rotat, used in “jag har rotat”.

What is the present tense of rota?

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

Similar words

bökasnoka

Origin

rot + -a

Nearby common words

rota is number 4,179 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,174skal shell, peel
4,176kristna to Christianize, to make (someone) convert to Christianity, to christen (baptize, name)
4,177ivrig zealous, eager
4,178inkräktare trespasser
4,180näve handful, fist
4,181gratulera congratulate
4,182kjol skirt
4,183jon ion, ion; an electrically charged atom or molecule

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