tillaga
Meaning
cook; to cook, to prepare (cook so as to make ready to eat)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att tillaga | to cook |
|---|---|---|
| Present | tillagar | jag tillagar |
| Past | tillagade | jag tillagade |
| Supine | tillagat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har tillagat | jag har tillagat |
| Past perfect | hade tillagat | jag hade tillagat |
| Future | ska tillaga | or: kommer att tillaga |
| Conditional | skulle tillaga | jag skulle tillaga |
| Imperative | tillaga! | a command |
| Present participle | tillagande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | tillagad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | tillagas |
|---|---|
| Present | tillagas |
| Past | tillagades |
| Supine | tillagats |
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 tillagar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise tillaga
1 / 2Yesterday I … (tillaga). Which is the past tense?
tillaga in a sentence
- Kyckling ska tillagas ordentligtChicken should [shall] be cooked [up] thoroughly [properly, often with connotations of "to a large and proper degree"]
- Kyckling ska lagas ordentligtChicken should [shall] be cooked properly
Questions
What does tillaga mean in English?
tillaga means “cook, to cook, to prepare (cook so as to make ready to eat)”.
What is the past tense of tillaga?
The past tense of tillaga is tillagade (“jag tillagade”). The supine is tillagat, used in “jag har tillagat”.
What is the present tense of tillaga?
tillagar, the same for every person: jag tillagar, du tillagar, vi tillagar.
Origin
From till (“"up"”) + laga (“cook”), "cook up" (though a poor match for tone).
Nearby common words
tillaga is number 6,635 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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