Swedish verb

sarga

mangle, lacerate

Meaning

mangle; lacerate

In Swedish: såra genom att slita sönder

Conjugation

Conjugation of sarga (mangle)
Infinitive	att sarga	to mangle
Present	sargar	jag sargar
Past	sargade	jag sargade
Supine	sargat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har sargat	jag har sargat
Past perfect	hade sargat	jag hade sargat
Future	ska sarga	or: kommer att sarga
Conditional	skulle sarga	jag skulle sarga
Imperative	sarga!	a command
Present participle	sargande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	sargad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of sarga
Infinitive	sargas
Present	sargas
Past	sargades
Supine	sargats

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 sargar. See the four verb groups explained.

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sarga in a sentence

en sargad stad
a ravaged city

Questions

What does sarga mean in English?

sarga means “mangle, lacerate”.

What is the past tense of sarga?

The past tense of sarga is sargade (“jag sargade”). The supine is sargat, used in “jag har sargat”.

What is the present tense of sarga?

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

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish sargha.

Nearby common words

sarga is number 9,865 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

9,861fladdra flutter, flap, flicker
9,862försvåra complicate
9,863måhända maybe
9,864rövare robber
9,866skata magpie
9,867skrivare writer, scribe
9,868spetsig tapering, pointed
9,869tygel reins

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