sabotera
Meaning
spoil; ruin; sabotage
In Swedish: avsiktligt skada en verksamhet
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att sabotera | to spoil |
|---|---|---|
| Present | saboterar | jag saboterar |
| Past | saboterade | jag saboterade |
| Supine | saboterat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har saboterat | jag har saboterat |
| Past perfect | hade saboterat | jag hade saboterat |
| Future | ska sabotera | or: kommer att sabotera |
| Conditional | skulle sabotera | jag skulle sabotera |
| Imperative | sabotera! | a command |
| Present participle | saboterande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | saboterad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | saboteras |
|---|---|
| Present | saboteras |
| Past | saboterades |
| Supine | saboterats |
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 saboterar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise sabotera
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sabotera in a sentence
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Questions
What does sabotera mean in English?
sabotera means “spoil, ruin”.
What is the past tense of sabotera?
The past tense of sabotera is saboterade (“jag saboterade”). The supine is saboterat, used in “jag har saboterat”.
What is the present tense of sabotera?
saboterar, the same for every person: jag saboterar, du saboterar, vi saboterar.
Similar words
Origin
From German sabotieren.
Nearby common words
sabotera is number 5,338 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 5,334undgå escape
- 5,335auktoritet authority
- 5,336festival festival
- 5,337härom about this (these, etc.); from here (there, etc.)
- 5,339uråldrig ancient
- 5,340kriminalare a kriminalpolis (“detective”); a police employed by the kriminalpolis (“criminal investigation department”)
- 5,341ryck jerk, whim
- 5,342arab Arab, Arabian
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