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rusa

rush, dash

Meaning

rush; dash

In Swedish: springa mycket fort

Conjugation

Conjugation of rusa (rush)
Infinitive	att rusa	to rush
Present	rusar	jag rusar
Past	rusade	jag rusade
Supine	rusat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har rusat	jag har rusat
Past perfect	hade rusat	jag hade rusat
Future	ska rusa	or: kommer att rusa
Conditional	skulle rusa	jag skulle rusa
Imperative	rusa!	a command
Present participle	rusande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of rusa
Infinitive	rusas
Present	rusas
Past	rusades
Supine	rusats

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 rusar. See the four verb groups explained.

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rusa in a sentence

priserna rusar i höjden
prices are shooting up (hitting the roof)
barnen rusade rakt ut i gatan
the children dashed straight out into the street
rusa runt i panik
rush round in panic
tiden rusar iväg
time flies
att rusa runt i panik
to run around in panic

Questions

What does rusa mean in English?

rusa means “rush, dash”.

What is the past tense of rusa?

The past tense of rusa is rusade (“jag rusade”). The supine is rusat, used in “jag har rusat”.

What is the present tense of rusa?

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

Similar words

ilaskenaspringa fort

Origin

Related to ruse.

Nearby common words

rusa is number 2,956 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,952omgång round, set
2,953kniva knife (attack someone with a knife)
2,954manlig male, masculine
2,955störd disturbed
2,957schema timetable, diagram
2,958sopa sweep
2,959gul yellow
2,960fattad taken, grasped, understood

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