Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

slösa

lavish, squander, waste/²sløːsa/

Meaning

lavish; squander; waste

In Swedish: använda mer än som behövs av en resurs

Conjugation

Conjugation of slösa (lavish)
Infinitive	att slösa	to lavish
Present	slösar	jag slösar
Past	slösade	jag slösade
Supine	slösat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har slösat	jag har slösat
Past perfect	hade slösat	jag hade slösat
Future	ska slösa	or: kommer att slösa
Conditional	skulle slösa	jag skulle slösa
Imperative	slösa!	a command
Present participle	slösande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	slösad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of slösa
Infinitive	slösas
Present	slösas
Past	slösades
Supine	slösats

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 slösar. See the four verb groups explained.

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slösa in a sentence

slösa med beröm
lavish praise on
slösa bort
squander
slösa med energi
waste energy
slösa med pengar
waste money
slösa (med) pengar
waste money

Questions

What does slösa mean in English?

slösa means “lavish, squander”.

What is the past tense of slösa?

The past tense of slösa is slösade (“jag slösade”). The supine is slösat, used in “jag har slösat”.

What is the present tense of slösa?

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

Similar words

förspilla

Origin

From Middle Low German slösen (“to lounge, loaf about”).

Nearby common words

slösa is number 1,580 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,576stiga rise, climb
1,577prinsessa princess
1,578läger camp
1,579nödvändig necessary
1,581apa ape, monkey
1,582besviken disappointed
1,583vakta watch
1,584våld violence

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