smaka
Meaning
taste; try
In Swedish: ha (viss) smak, ha smak av
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att smaka | to taste |
|---|---|---|
| Present | smakar | jag smakar |
| Past | smakade | jag smakade |
| Supine | smakat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har smakat | jag har smakat |
| Past perfect | hade smakat | jag hade smakat |
| Future | ska smaka | or: kommer att smaka |
| Conditional | skulle smaka | jag skulle smaka |
| Imperative | smaka! | a command |
| Present participle | smakande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | smakad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | smakas |
|---|---|
| Present | smakas |
| Past | smakades |
| Supine | smakats |
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 smakar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise smaka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (smaka). Which is the past tense?
smaka in a sentence
- maten smakar brathe food tastes excellent
- det smakar ruttetit tastes rotten
- Smaka på min jordgubbssylt!Try my strawberry jam!
- Hon hade aldrig smakat glass förut.She had never tasted ice cream before.
- – Det ser gott ut! – Vill du smaka?"It looks good!" "Want a taste?" ["Do you want to taste?"]
- Det smakar jordgubb.It tastes like strawberry.
- Maten smakade bra.The food tasted good.
Questions
What does smaka mean in English?
smaka means “taste, try”.
What is the past tense of smaka?
The past tense of smaka is smakade (“jag smakade”). The supine is smakat, used in “jag har smakat”.
What is the present tense of smaka?
smakar, the same for every person: jag smakar, du smakar, vi smakar.
Origin
Inherited from Old Swedish smaka, from Middle Low German smaken, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *smakōn, equivalent to smak + -a.
Nearby common words
smaka is number 1,019 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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