stråla
Meaning
shine; beam
In Swedish: sända ut strålar
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att stråla | to shine |
|---|---|---|
| Present | strålar | jag strålar |
| Past | strålade | jag strålade |
| Supine | strålat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har strålat | jag har strålat |
| Past perfect | hade strålat | jag hade strålat |
| Future | ska stråla | or: kommer att stråla |
| Conditional | skulle stråla | jag skulle stråla |
| Imperative | stråla! | a command |
| Present participle | strålande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | strålad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | strålas |
|---|---|
| Present | strålas |
| Past | strålades |
| Supine | strålats |
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 strålar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise stråla
1 / 2Yesterday I … (stråla). Which is the past tense?
stråla in a sentence
- solen strålade från en molnfri himmelthe sun shone from a cloudless sky
- hennes ögon stråladeher eyes shone
Questions
What does stråla mean in English?
stråla means “shine, beam”.
What is the past tense of stråla?
The past tense of stråla is strålade (“jag strålade”). The supine is strålat, used in “jag har strålat”.
What is the present tense of stråla?
strålar, the same for every person: jag strålar, du strålar, vi strålar.
Similar words
Nearby common words
stråla is number 3,656 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 3,652rak straight, quite, absolute
- 3,653lena tramadol
- 3,654välsignelse blessing
- 3,655svettas sweat
- 3,657nota bill, account
- 3,658utomlands abroad
- 3,659användning usage, employment
- 3,660faktisk real
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