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tåla

endure, tolerate/²toːla/

Meaning

endure; tolerate

In Swedish: stå ut med, uthärda

Conjugation

Conjugation of tåla (endure)
Infinitive	att tåla	to endure
Present	tål	jag tål
Past	tålde	jag tålde
Supine	tålt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har tålt	jag har tålt
Past perfect	hade tålt	jag hade tålt
Future	ska tåla	or: kommer att tåla
Conditional	skulle tåla	jag skulle tåla
Imperative	tål!	a command
Present participle	tålande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	tåld	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of tåla
Infinitive	tålas
Present	tåls
Past	tåldes
Supine	tålts

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use tål. See the four verb groups explained.

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tåla in a sentence

Tål du inte ett skämt?
Can't you take a joke?
tåla en jämförelse
stand comparison
hon tål inte jordgubbar
she cannot eat strawberries
Jag tål honom inte
I can't stand him
Många tål inte jordnötter
Many people can't tolerate peanuts
Jag tål inte hettan här
I can't bear the heat here
– Blir du inte ledsen av deras taskiga kommentarer? – Oroa dig inte, jag tål det.
– Don't their mean comments make you sad? – Don't worry, I can take it.
Man måste tåla smärtan
You have to endure ("be able to tolerate") the pain

Expressions

det tål att tänka på
it is worth consideration

Questions

What does tåla mean in English?

tåla means “endure, tolerate”.

What is the past tense of tåla?

The past tense of tåla is tålde (“jag tålde”). The supine is tålt, used in “jag har tålt”.

What is the present tense of tåla?

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

Similar words

tolereratauthärda

Origin

From Old Swedish þola, from Old Norse þola, from Proto-Germanic *þulāną, from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-.

Nearby common words

tåla is number 2,289 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,285toa WC, toilet
2,286livs provisions, (grocery, grocery store (US))
2,287king great, awesome, synonym of ruta (“foursquare”)
2,288ändrad changed
2,290grymt grunt (from a pig, or more generally)
2,292teater theatre, theater (US)
2,293politisk political
2,294byte exchange, booty

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