smuggla
Meaning
smuggle
In Swedish: föra in eller ut olovligt över ett lands gräns (för att lura tullen)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att smuggla | to smuggle |
|---|---|---|
| Present | smugglar | jag smugglar |
| Past | smugglade | jag smugglade |
| Supine | smugglat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har smugglat | jag har smugglat |
| Past perfect | hade smugglat | jag hade smugglat |
| Future | ska smuggla | or: kommer att smuggla |
| Conditional | skulle smuggla | jag skulle smuggla |
| Imperative | smuggla! | a command |
| Present participle | smugglande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | smugglad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | smugglas |
|---|---|
| Present | smugglas |
| Past | smugglades |
| Supine | smugglats |
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 smugglar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise smuggla
1 / 2Yesterday I … (smuggla). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does smuggla mean in English?
smuggla means “smuggle”.
What is the past tense of smuggla?
The past tense of smuggla is smugglade (“jag smugglade”). The supine is smugglat, used in “jag har smugglat”.
What is the present tense of smuggla?
smugglar, the same for every person: jag smugglar, du smugglar, vi smugglar.
Origin
Borrowed from Low German smuggeln, from Middle Low German smugen, from Proto-West Germanic *smeugan (“to slip through, creep”).
Nearby common words
smuggla is number 3,508 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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