symbolisera
Meaning
symbolize
In Swedish: stå som symbol för
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att symbolisera | to symbolize |
|---|---|---|
| Present | symboliserar | jag symboliserar |
| Past | symboliserade | jag symboliserade |
| Supine | symboliserat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har symboliserat | jag har symboliserat |
| Past perfect | hade symboliserat | jag hade symboliserat |
| Future | ska symbolisera | or: kommer att symbolisera |
| Conditional | skulle symbolisera | jag skulle symbolisera |
| Imperative | symbolisera! | a command |
| Present participle | symboliserande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | symboliserad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | symboliseras |
|---|---|
| Present | symboliseras |
| Past | symboliserades |
| Supine | symboliserats |
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 symboliserar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise symbolisera
1 / 2Yesterday I … (symbolisera). Which is the past tense?
symbolisera in a sentence
- tavlan symboliserar drömmen om fred på jordenthe picture symbolizes the dream of peace on earth
Questions
What does symbolisera mean in English?
symbolisera means “symbolize”.
What is the past tense of symbolisera?
The past tense of symbolisera is symboliserade (“jag symboliserade”). The supine is symboliserat, used in “jag har symboliserat”.
What is the present tense of symbolisera?
symboliserar, the same for every person: jag symboliserar, du symboliserar, vi symboliserar.
Origin
symbol + -isera
Nearby common words
symbolisera is number 7,287 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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