Swedish verb

tära

consume

Meaning

consume

In Swedish: ta mer och mer från, få att minska

Conjugation

Conjugation of tära (consume)
Infinitive	att tära	to consume
Present	tär	jag tär
Past	tärde	jag tärde
Supine	tärt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har tärt	jag har tärt
Past perfect	hade tärt	jag hade tärt
Future	ska tära	or: kommer att tära
Conditional	skulle tära	jag skulle tära
Imperative	tär!	a command
Present participle	tärande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	tärd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of tära
Infinitive	täras
Present	tärs
Past	tärdes
Supine	tärts

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 tär. See the four verb groups explained.

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tära in a sentence

projekten tärde hårt på ekonomin
the projects were a drain on our finances
Sjukdomen tärde på honom
The disease wore on him
Han verkade tärd av sjukdomen
The disease seemed to have worn on him
Elräkningarna tärde på deras ekonomin
The electricity bills wore on their finances
Det tär på krafterna att tvingas arbeta övertid
Being forced to work overtime wears down your energy

Questions

What does tära mean in English?

tära means “consume”.

What is the past tense of tära?

The past tense of tära is tärde (“jag tärde”). The supine is tärt, used in “jag har tärt”.

What is the present tense of tära?

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

Origin

Inherited from Old Norse tæra, from Middle Low German teren.

Nearby common words

tära is number 9,755 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

9,751hicka hiccup, have (the) hiccups
9,752idel nothing but
9,753kvadrat square
9,754plutonium plutonium
9,756verbal verbal
9,757vråla roar
9,758margarita margarita (cocktail)
9,759lagkapten captain (designated leader of a team)

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