spendera
Meaning
spend
In Swedish: (frikostigt) ge ut (pengar)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att spendera | to spend |
|---|---|---|
| Present | spenderar | jag spenderar |
| Past | spenderade | jag spenderade |
| Supine | spenderat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har spenderat | jag har spenderat |
| Past perfect | hade spenderat | jag hade spenderat |
| Future | ska spendera | or: kommer att spendera |
| Conditional | skulle spendera | jag skulle spendera |
| Imperative | spendera! | a command |
| Present participle | spenderande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | spenderad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | spenderas |
|---|---|
| Present | spenderas |
| Past | spenderades |
| Supine | spenderats |
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 spenderar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise spendera
1 / 2Yesterday I … (spendera). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does spendera mean in English?
spendera means “spend”.
What is the past tense of spendera?
The past tense of spendera is spenderade (“jag spenderade”). The supine is spenderat, used in “jag har spenderat”.
What is the present tense of spendera?
spenderar, the same for every person: jag spenderar, du spenderar, vi spenderar.
Similar words
ge ut
Origin
From German spendieren.
Nearby common words
spendera is number 1,724 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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