tillbringa
Meaning
spend
In Swedish: vara (på en plats under en viss tid)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att tillbringa | to spend |
|---|---|---|
| Present | tillbringar | jag tillbringar |
| Past | tillbringade | jag tillbringade |
| Supine | tillbringat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har tillbringat | jag har tillbringat |
| Past perfect | hade tillbringat | jag hade tillbringat |
| Future | ska tillbringa | or: kommer att tillbringa |
| Conditional | skulle tillbringa | jag skulle tillbringa |
| Imperative | tillbringa! | a command |
| Present participle | tillbringande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | tillbringad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | tillbringas |
|---|---|
| Present | tillbringas |
| Past | tillbringades |
| Supine | tillbringats |
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 tillbringar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise tillbringa
1 / 2Yesterday I … (tillbringa). Which is the past tense?
tillbringa in a sentence
- tillbringa ett år utomlandsspend a year abroad
- De tillbringade natten på hotelletThey spent the night at the hotel
Questions
What does tillbringa mean in English?
tillbringa means “spend”.
What is the past tense of tillbringa?
The past tense of tillbringa is tillbringade (“jag tillbringade”). The supine is tillbringat, used in “jag har tillbringat”.
What is the present tense of tillbringa?
tillbringar, the same for every person: jag tillbringar, du tillbringar, vi tillbringar.
Origin
till + bringa
Nearby common words
tillbringa is number 1,553 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 1,549uppmärksamhet attention
- 1,550sinne sense, mind
- 1,551lösning solution
- 1,552bestämt certainly, decidedly
- 1,554cell cell
- 1,555svära curse
- 1,556alternativ alternative
- 1,557vaken awake, alert
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