svepa
Meaning
sweep; wrap up; shroud
In Swedish: göra en stor cirkelrörelse
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att svepa | to sweep |
|---|---|---|
| Present | sveper | jag sveper |
| Past | svepte | jag svepte |
| Supine | svept | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har svept | jag har svept |
| Past perfect | hade svept | jag hade svept |
| Future | ska svepa | or: kommer att svepa |
| Conditional | skulle svepa | jag skulle svepa |
| Imperative | svep! | a command |
| Present participle | svepande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | svept | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | svepas |
|---|---|
| Present | sveps |
| Past | sveptes |
| Supine | svepts |
Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use sveper. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise svepa
1 / 2Yesterday I … (svepa). Which is the past tense?
svepa in a sentence
- regnet svepte in över stadenthe rain swept in over the town
Questions
What does svepa mean in English?
svepa means “sweep, wrap up”.
What is the past tense of svepa?
The past tense of svepa is svepte (“jag svepte”). The supine is svept, used in “jag har svept”.
What is the present tense of svepa?
sveper, the same for every person: jag sveper, du sveper, vi sveper.
Similar words
botten upp
Origin
From Old Swedish svepa, swæpa, from Old Norse sveipa, from Proto-Germanic *swaipaną.
Nearby common words
svepa is number 5,068 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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