svettas
Meaning
sweat
In Swedish: avsöndra svett
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att svettas | to sweat |
|---|---|---|
| Present | svettas | jag svettas |
| Past | svettades | jag svettades |
| Supine | svettats | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har svettats | jag har svettats |
| Past perfect | hade svettats | jag hade svettats |
| Future | ska svettas | or: kommer att svettas |
| Conditional | skulle svettas | jag skulle svettas |
| Imperative | svettas! | a command |
svettas is a deponent verb: it ends in -s in every form but has an active meaning, so it has no separate passive. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use svettas. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise svettas
1 / 1What does svettas mean?
svettas in a sentence
- Hon svettadesShe was sweating
Words built with svettas
- kallsvettas be in a cold sweat
Questions
What does svettas mean in English?
svettas means “sweat”.
What is the past tense of svettas?
The past tense of svettas is svettades (“jag svettades”). The supine is svettats, used in “jag har svettats”.
What is the present tense of svettas?
svettas, the same for every person: jag svettas, du svettas, vi svettas.
Similar words
transpirera
Origin
From svett (“sweat”).
Nearby common words
svettas is number 3,655 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 3,651utpressning blackmail
- 3,652rak straight, quite, absolute
- 3,653lena tramadol
- 3,654välsignelse blessing
- 3,656stråla shine, beam
- 3,657nota bill, account
- 3,658utomlands abroad
- 3,659användning usage, employment
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