Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

sola

expose to the sun, sunbathe, bask, sun

Meaning

expose to the sun; sunbathe; bask; sun

In Swedish: utsätta kroppen för solsken, solbada

Conjugation

Conjugation of sola (expose to the sun)
Infinitive	att sola	to expose to the sun
Present	solar	jag solar
Past	solade	jag solade
Supine	solat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har solat	jag har solat
Past perfect	hade solat	jag hade solat
Future	ska sola	or: kommer att sola
Conditional	skulle sola	jag skulle sola
Imperative	sola!	a command
Present participle	solande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	solad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of sola
Infinitive	solas
Present	solas
Past	solades
Supine	solats

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 solar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise sola

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Yesterday I … (sola). Which is the past tense?

sola in a sentence

hon solade (sig) hela dagen
she lay sunbathing the whole day long
Ser du ormen som solar på stenen där borta?
Can you see the snake basking on the rock over there?

Questions

What does sola mean in English?

sola means “expose to the sun, sunbathe”.

What is the past tense of sola?

The past tense of sola is solade (“jag solade”). The supine is solat, used in “jag har solat”.

What is the present tense of sola?

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

Origin

sol (“sun”) + -a

Nearby common words

sola is number 1,972 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,968fält field
1,969spegel mirror
1,970stöta knock, bump
1,971grav grave, moat
1,973tyska German
1,974förlust loss, defeat
1,975sjukt incredibly, totally
1,976evighet eternity

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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