stressa
Meaning
stress; put a person under stress; put pressure on a person
In Swedish: vara stressad, jäkta
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att stressa | to stress |
|---|---|---|
| Present | stressar | jag stressar |
| Past | stressade | jag stressade |
| Supine | stressat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har stressat | jag har stressat |
| Past perfect | hade stressat | jag hade stressat |
| Future | ska stressa | or: kommer att stressa |
| Conditional | skulle stressa | jag skulle stressa |
| Imperative | stressa! | a command |
| Present participle | stressande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | stressad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | stressas |
|---|---|
| Present | stressas |
| Past | stressades |
| Supine | stressats |
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 stressar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise stressa
1 / 2Yesterday I … (stressa). Which is the past tense?
stressa in a sentence
- du stressar för mycketyou rush too much, you put yourself under too much pressure
- skolan stressar elevernathe school puts the pupils under stress
Questions
What does stressa mean in English?
stressa means “stress, put a person under stress”.
What is the past tense of stressa?
The past tense of stressa is stressade (“jag stressade”). The supine is stressat, used in “jag har stressat”.
What is the present tense of stressa?
stressar, the same for every person: jag stressar, du stressar, vi stressar.
Similar words
jäkta
Origin
By surface analysis, stress + -a.
Nearby common words
stressa is number 4,268 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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