Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

spara

to save, to store for future use, to save; write to a disc, to spare; prevent the waste of/spɑːra/

Meaning

to save, to store for future use; to save; write to a disc; to spare; prevent the waste of

In Swedish: förvara för framtida behov

Conjugation

Conjugation of spara (save)
Infinitive	att spara	to save
Present	sparar	jag sparar
Past	sparade	jag sparade
Supine	sparat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har sparat	jag har sparat
Past perfect	hade sparat	jag hade sparat
Future	ska spara	or: kommer att spara
Conditional	skulle spara	jag skulle spara
Imperative	spara!	a command
Present participle	sparande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	sparad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of spara
Infinitive	sparas
Present	sparas
Past	sparades
Supine	sparats

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 sparar. See the four verb groups explained.

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spara in a sentence

spara pengar i bank
save money in the bank
spara in ett par kronor
save a couple of kronor
en sparad slant
some money saved (put by)
spara på krafterna
save one's strength
spara på oljan
economize on oil

Words built with spara

sparkonto savings account
sparkapital savings, saved capital

Questions

What does spara mean in English?

spara means “to save, to store for future use, to save; write to a disc”.

What is the past tense of spara?

The past tense of spara is sparade (“jag sparade”). The supine is sparat, used in “jag har sparat”.

What is the present tense of spara?

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

Similar words

hushålla

Origin

From Old Swedish spara, from Old Norse spara, from Proto-Germanic *sparāną.

Nearby common words

spara is number 1,130 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,126rosa pink, rose
1,127å pronunciation spelling of och (“and”)
1,128innebära involve, mean
1,129nyss just now
1,131pari par (value equalling the face value)
1,132hota threaten, menace
1,133blåljuga to lie outright, to lie through one's teeth
1,134njuta enjoy

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary