sansa
Meaning
to calm down; to exit from an agitated state
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att sansa | to calm down |
|---|---|---|
| Present | sansar | jag sansar |
| Past | sansade | jag sansade |
| Supine | sansat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har sansat | jag har sansat |
| Past perfect | hade sansat | jag hade sansat |
| Future | ska sansa | or: kommer att sansa |
| Conditional | skulle sansa | jag skulle sansa |
| Imperative | sansa! | a command |
| Present participle | sansande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | sansad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | sansas |
|---|---|
| Present | sansas |
| Past | sansades |
| Supine | sansats |
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 sansar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise sansa
1 / 2Yesterday I … (sansa). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does sansa mean in English?
sansa means “to calm down; to exit from an agitated state”.
What is the past tense of sansa?
The past tense of sansa is sansade (“jag sansade”). The supine is sansat, used in “jag har sansat”.
What is the present tense of sansa?
sansar, the same for every person: jag sansar, du sansar, vi sansar.
Origin
sans + -a
Nearby common words
sansa is number 8,481 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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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