sprita
Meaning
to disinfect with alcohol; to drink hard liquor; to shell (peas, beans, corn, or the like)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att sprita | to disinfect with alcohol |
|---|---|---|
| Present | spritar | jag spritar |
| Past | spritade | jag spritade |
| Supine | spritat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har spritat | jag har spritat |
| Past perfect | hade spritat | jag hade spritat |
| Future | ska sprita | or: kommer att sprita |
| Conditional | skulle sprita | jag skulle sprita |
| Imperative | sprita! | a command |
| Present participle | spritande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | spritad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | spritas |
|---|---|
| Present | spritas |
| Past | spritades |
| Supine | spritats |
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 spritar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise sprita
1 / 2Yesterday I … (sprita). Which is the past tense?
sprita in a sentence
- sprita händernasanitize one's hands
Questions
What does sprita mean in English?
sprita means “to disinfect with alcohol, to drink hard liquor”.
What is the past tense of sprita?
The past tense of sprita is spritade (“jag spritade”). The supine is spritat, used in “jag har spritat”.
What is the present tense of sprita?
spritar, the same for every person: jag spritar, du spritar, vi spritar.
Origin
sprit (“spirits, alcohol”) + -a
Nearby common words
sprita is number 6,648 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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- 6,646sammanbrott collapse, breakdown
- 6,647uppfart approach
- 6,649lyx luxury
- 6,650duk cloth, screen
- 6,651sits seat, lie [of the cards]
- 6,652skorsten chimney, funnel
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