sminka
Meaning
paint; make up
In Swedish: lägga smink på, måla
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att sminka | to paint |
|---|---|---|
| Present | sminkar | jag sminkar |
| Past | sminkade | jag sminkade |
| Supine | sminkat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har sminkat | jag har sminkat |
| Past perfect | hade sminkat | jag hade sminkat |
| Future | ska sminka | or: kommer att sminka |
| Conditional | skulle sminka | jag skulle sminka |
| Imperative | sminka! | a command |
| Present participle | sminkande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | sminkad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | sminkas |
|---|---|
| Present | sminkas |
| Past | sminkades |
| Supine | sminkats |
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 sminkar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise sminka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (sminka). Which is the past tense?
sminka in a sentence
- skådespelarna var hårt sminkadethe actors were heavily made up
- hon sminkar sig inteshe doesn't use make-up
- Jag måste sminka mig.I have to put on makeup.
- Hon sminkar sig väldigt sällan.She very rarely uses makeup.
- Jag måste sminka ögonen.I have to make up my eyes.
- Jag är sminkad.I'm wearing makeup. / I'm made-up.
- De sminkade varandra.They put makeup on each other.
- De sminkade barnen till tigrar.They put tiger face paint on the children.
Questions
What does sminka mean in English?
sminka means “paint, make up”.
What is the past tense of sminka?
The past tense of sminka is sminkade (“jag sminkade”). The supine is sminkat, used in “jag har sminkat”.
What is the present tense of sminka?
sminkar, the same for every person: jag sminkar, du sminkar, vi sminkar.
Nearby common words
sminka is number 6,144 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 6,140torkad dried
- 6,141regelbundet periodically, regularly, periodically
- 6,142överdrivet excessively
- 6,143pippi dickie-bird, birdie
- 6,145välkänd well-known
- 6,146åtrå crave, desire
- 6,147indragen revoked, involved
- 6,148bandit bandit
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