tafsa
Meaning
paw; handle
In Swedish: (på ett obehagligt sätt) fingra (på en person), kladda
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att tafsa | to paw |
|---|---|---|
| Present | tafsar | jag tafsar |
| Past | tafsade | jag tafsade |
| Supine | tafsat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har tafsat | jag har tafsat |
| Past perfect | hade tafsat | jag hade tafsat |
| Future | ska tafsa | or: kommer att tafsa |
| Conditional | skulle tafsa | jag skulle tafsa |
| Imperative | tafsa! | a command |
| Present participle | tafsande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | tafsad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | tafsas |
|---|---|
| Present | tafsas |
| Past | tafsades |
| Supine | tafsats |
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 tafsar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise tafsa
1 / 2Yesterday I … (tafsa). Which is the past tense?
tafsa in a sentence
- Sluta tafsa på migStop touching me
Questions
What does tafsa mean in English?
tafsa means “paw, handle”.
What is the past tense of tafsa?
The past tense of tafsa is tafsade (“jag tafsade”). The supine is tafsat, used in “jag har tafsat”.
What is the present tense of tafsa?
tafsar, the same for every person: jag tafsar, du tafsar, vi tafsar.
Similar words
kladda
Origin
From Old Norse tafsa, variant of Old Norse tapsa (“to tap”), likely to Proto-Germanic *tabōną.
Nearby common words
tafsa is number 6,127 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 6,123kröp crawled, crept
- 6,124assistera assist, help
- 6,125diplomatisk diplomatic; tactful, cautious
- 6,126lem limb
- 6,128strömavbrott blackout, power outage
- 6,129tagga tag, to tag (mark with a tag)
- 6,130lönlös futile
- 6,131hippie a hippie
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