Swedish verb

styla

to style (give a certain (appealing (and fashionable)) appearance), to style (change (to make more attractive)), to do something (more or less superfluous) to show off

Meaning

to style (give a certain (appealing (and fashionable)) appearance); to style (change (to make more attractive)); to do something (more or less superfluous) to show off

Conjugation

Conjugation of styla (style)
Infinitive	att styla	to style
Present	stylar	jag stylar
Past	stylade	jag stylade
Supine	stylat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har stylat	jag har stylat
Past perfect	hade stylat	jag hade stylat
Future	ska styla	or: kommer att styla
Conditional	skulle styla	jag skulle styla
Imperative	styla!	a command
Present participle	stylande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	stylad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of styla
Infinitive	stylas
Present	stylas
Past	stylades
Supine	stylats

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 stylar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (styla). Which is the past tense?

styla in a sentence

styla håret
style one's hair
homestyling
home staging (making a property look nice in preparation for selling it – pseudo-anglicism)
styla om politiken för att tilltala fler
restyle one's political policies to appeal to more people
Han körde i diket när han sladdade med bilen för att styla för kompisarna
He drove into the ditch when he drifted his car to show off to ("style for") his friends

Questions

What does styla mean in English?

styla means “to style (give a certain (appealing (and fashionable)) appearance), to style (change (to make more attractive))”.

What is the past tense of styla?

The past tense of styla is stylade (“jag stylade”). The supine is stylat, used in “jag har stylat”.

What is the present tense of styla?

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

Origin

English style + -a

Nearby common words

styla is number 8,877 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,873omega omega; the Greek letter Ω, ω
8,874machete a machete (knife)
8,875modella to model, to work as a model
8,876nattetid during the night, at night
8,878bidraga alternative form of bidra
8,879skådespel a theatre play, a piece, a drama
8,880rabbi Rabbi
8,881uppkopplad connected, online

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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