rotera
Meaning
rotate
In Swedish: vrida sig (kring en axel), cirkla, kretsa
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att rotera | to rotate |
|---|---|---|
| Present | roterar | jag roterar |
| Past | roterade | jag roterade |
| Supine | roterat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har roterat | jag har roterat |
| Past perfect | hade roterat | jag hade roterat |
| Future | ska rotera | or: kommer att rotera |
| Conditional | skulle rotera | jag skulle rotera |
| Imperative | rotera! | a command |
| Present participle | roterande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | roterad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | roteras |
|---|---|
| Present | roteras |
| Past | roterades |
| Supine | roterats |
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 roterar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise rotera
1 / 2Yesterday I … (rotera). Which is the past tense?
rotera in a sentence
- ett roterande hjula rotating wheel
Questions
What does rotera mean in English?
rotera means “rotate”.
What is the past tense of rotera?
The past tense of rotera is roterade (“jag roterade”). The supine is roterat, used in “jag har roterat”.
What is the present tense of rotera?
roterar, the same for every person: jag roterar, du roterar, vi roterar.
Similar words
Nearby common words
rotera is number 7,439 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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- 7,440avsäga resign
- 7,441slumpmässig random
- 7,442skör frail, brittle
- 7,443packe bundle
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary