svina
Meaning
to behave like a swine (contemptible person), often of rude, indecent behavior or making a mess
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att svina | to behave like a swine |
|---|---|---|
| Present | svinar | jag svinar |
| Past | svinade | jag svinade |
| Supine | svinat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har svinat | jag har svinat |
| Past perfect | hade svinat | jag hade svinat |
| Future | ska svina | or: kommer att svina |
| Conditional | skulle svina | jag skulle svina |
| Imperative | svina! | a command |
| Present participle | svinande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | svinas |
|---|---|
| Present | svinas |
| Past | svinades |
| Supine | svinats |
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 svinar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise svina
1 / 2Yesterday I … (svina). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does svina mean in English?
svina means “to behave like a swine (contemptible person), often of rude, indecent behavior or making a mess”.
What is the past tense of svina?
The past tense of svina is svinade (“jag svinade”). The supine is svinat, used in “jag har svinat”.
What is the present tense of svina?
svinar, the same for every person: jag svinar, du svinar, vi svinar.
Origin
From svin (“swine”) + -a.
Nearby common words
svina is number 9,596 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 9,592sensuell sensual
- 9,593sparv sparrow
- 9,594matematiker mathematician (person who studies or specializes in mathematics)
- 9,595kortspel card game (any of very many games played with playing cards)
- 9,597oskuldsfull innocent (free from immorality), (sometimes) naive (through assuming too much good of people, due to lack of life experience or otherwise)
- 9,598busa be up to mischief
- 9,599avlida pass away (on), die
- 9,600hack cut, notch
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