Swedish verb

surra

buzz, tie, lash

Meaning

buzz; tie; lash

In Swedish: låta som en fluga

Conjugation

Conjugation of surra (buzz)
Infinitive	att surra	to buzz
Present	surrar	jag surrar
Past	surrade	jag surrade
Supine	surrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har surrat	jag har surrat
Past perfect	hade surrat	jag hade surrat
Future	ska surra	or: kommer att surra
Conditional	skulle surra	jag skulle surra
Imperative	surra!	a command
Present participle	surrande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	surrad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of surra
Infinitive	surras
Present	surras
Past	surrades
Supine	surrats

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 surrar. See the four verb groups explained.

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surra in a sentence

humlan surrar
the bumble bee buzzes
lasten var dåligt surrad
the load was badly secured
surrande bin
buzzing bees
Vad surrar ni om?
What are you talking about?
Rykten surrade i stan
Rumors were buzzing about town
Surra lasten, en storm är på väg
Secure the cargo, a storm is coming

Questions

What does surra mean in English?

surra means “buzz, tie”.

What is the past tense of surra?

The past tense of surra is surrade (“jag surrade”). The supine is surrat, used in “jag har surrat”.

What is the present tense of surra?

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

Origin

Of imitative origin, see also Danish sur.

Nearby common words

surra is number 7,132 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

7,128gnäll grumbling, whimpering
7,129diplomat diplomat
7,130fördom bias, prejudice
7,131orakel oracle
7,133vardag weekday
7,134buffel buffalo, buffalo, especially water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
7,135svarande respondent, defendant
7,136aa Expresses agreement or affirmation; yeah, yes

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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