Swedish verb

spetsa

sharpen, pierce, spear, transfix

Meaning

sharpen; pierce; spear; transfix; lace

In Swedish: göra spetsig

Conjugation

Conjugation of spetsa (sharpen)
Infinitive	att spetsa	to sharpen
Present	spetsar	jag spetsar
Past	spetsade	jag spetsade
Supine	spetsat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har spetsat	jag har spetsat
Past perfect	hade spetsat	jag hade spetsat
Future	ska spetsa	or: kommer att spetsa
Conditional	skulle spetsa	jag skulle spetsa
Imperative	spetsa!	a command
Present participle	spetsande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	spetsad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of spetsa
Infinitive	spetsas
Present	spetsas
Past	spetsades
Supine	spetsats

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 spetsar. See the four verb groups explained.

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spetsa in a sentence

spetsa en påle
sharpen (put a point on) a pole
han spetsade ett stort köttstycke med gaffeln
he speared a large piece of meat with his fork
Många blev spetsade av Vlad Pålspetsaren
Many people were impaled by Vlad the Impaler
Han föll fem meter och spetsades på ett staket
He fell five meters and was impaled on a fence
spetsade pålar
sharpened stakes

Questions

What does spetsa mean in English?

spetsa means “sharpen, pierce”.

What is the past tense of spetsa?

The past tense of spetsa is spetsade (“jag spetsade”). The supine is spetsat, used in “jag har spetsat”.

What is the present tense of spetsa?

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

Origin

spets (“tip, point”) + -a

Nearby common words

spetsa is number 5,321 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,317sångare (male) singer
5,318trasa rag
5,319boxas box
5,320mexikansk Mexican; of or pertaining to Mexico
5,322ofattbart unimaginable, unbelievable
5,323klartecken go-ahead, green light
5,324möjligtvis possibly
5,325tema theme, principal parts [of a verb]

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