Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

spöa

beat, whip, flog, lash

Meaning

beat; whip; flog; lash

In Swedish: slå med spö

Conjugation

Conjugation of spöa (beat)
Infinitive	att spöa	to beat
Present	spöar	jag spöar
Past	spöade	jag spöade
Supine	spöat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har spöat	jag har spöat
Past perfect	hade spöat	jag hade spöat
Future	ska spöa	or: kommer att spöa
Conditional	skulle spöa	jag skulle spöa
Imperative	spöa!	a command
Present participle	spöande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	spöad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of spöa
Infinitive	spöas
Present	spöas
Past	spöades
Supine	spöats

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 spöar. See the four verb groups explained.

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spöa in a sentence

IFK spöade GAIS
IFK trounced GAIS

Questions

What does spöa mean in English?

spöa means “beat, whip”.

What is the past tense of spöa?

The past tense of spöa is spöade (“jag spöade”). The supine is spöat, used in “jag har spöat”.

What is the present tense of spöa?

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

Similar words

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Origin

spö + -a

Nearby common words

spöa is number 2,115 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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2,112personligen personally
2,113student student
2,114billig cheap
2,116slott manor house, castle
2,117rejäl strong, big
2,118längta yearn, long
2,119kommendör Commander, Commodore

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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