sporta
Meaning
do sports; play; to perform a sport or athletics, to train, to exercise; to sport, to wear, to display, to rock (used among fashion bloggers)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att sporta | to do sports |
|---|---|---|
| Present | sportar | jag sportar |
| Past | sportade | jag sportade |
| Supine | sportat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har sportat | jag har sportat |
| Past perfect | hade sportat | jag hade sportat |
| Future | ska sporta | or: kommer att sporta |
| Conditional | skulle sporta | jag skulle sporta |
| Imperative | sporta! | a command |
| Present participle | sportande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | sportas |
|---|---|
| Present | sportas |
| Past | sportades |
| Supine | sportats |
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 sportar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise sporta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (sporta). Which is the past tense?
sporta in a sentence
- Många sportade i det fina vintervädret.Many exercised in the fine winter weather.
- Hon sportade samma look som jag med skinny jeans och ankelboots med smal klack.She sported the same look as I did with skinny jeans and ankle boots with narrow heels.
- På armarna sportade hon blåmärken.On her arms, she sported bruises.
Questions
What does sporta mean in English?
sporta means “do sports, play”.
What is the past tense of sporta?
The past tense of sporta is sportade (“jag sportade”). The supine is sportat, used in “jag har sportat”.
What is the present tense of sporta?
sportar, the same for every person: jag sportar, du sportar, vi sportar.
Nearby common words
sporta is number 9,016 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 9,012agentur agency (business which provides a service on behalf of other businesses)
- 9,013förslava enslave
- 9,014understöd support, subsidy
- 9,015nedslagen dejected
- 9,017berusa to intoxicate (usually with/of a substance, usually alcohol), to intoxicate (fill with enthusiasm, passion, madness, or the like)
- 9,018spillra splinter
- 9,019bogsera tow
- 9,020bärare porter, wearer
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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