skrota
Meaning
scrap; break up
In Swedish: förvandla till skrot
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att skrota | to scrap |
|---|---|---|
| Present | skrotar | jag skrotar |
| Past | skrotade | jag skrotade |
| Supine | skrotat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har skrotat | jag har skrotat |
| Past perfect | hade skrotat | jag hade skrotat |
| Future | ska skrota | or: kommer att skrota |
| Conditional | skulle skrota | jag skulle skrota |
| Imperative | skrota! | a command |
| Present participle | skrotande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | skrotad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | skrotas |
|---|---|
| Present | skrotas |
| Past | skrotades |
| Supine | skrotats |
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 skrotar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise skrota
1 / 2Yesterday I … (skrota). Which is the past tense?
skrota in a sentence
- skrota ett förslagturn down a suggestion
- skrota en bilscrap a car
- Hon ska skrota sin gamla bil imorgon.She will scrap her old car tomorrow.
- Kongressen skrotade det gamla partiprogrammet.The general assembly scrapped the old party programme.
Questions
What does skrota mean in English?
skrota means “scrap, break up”.
What is the past tense of skrota?
The past tense of skrota is skrotade (“jag skrotade”). The supine is skrotat, used in “jag har skrotat”.
What is the present tense of skrota?
skrotar, the same for every person: jag skrotar, du skrotar, vi skrotar.
Origin
skrot + -a
Nearby common words
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- 9,835benägen inclined, disposed
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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