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tillåta

allow

Meaning

allow

In Swedish: gå med på

Conjugation

Conjugation of tillåta (allow)
Infinitive	att tillåta	to allow
Present	tillåter	jag tillåter
Past	tillät	jag tillät
Supine	tillåtit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har tillåtit	jag har tillåtit
Past perfect	hade tillåtit	jag hade tillåtit
Future	ska tillåta	or: kommer att tillåta
Conditional	skulle tillåta	jag skulle tillåta
Imperative	tillåt!	a command
Present participle	tillåtande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	tillåten	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of tillåta
Infinitive	tillåtas
Present	tillåts
Past	tilläts
Supine	tillåtits

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 tillåter. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise tillåta

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tillåta in a sentence

hon tillät inte att han gick ut ensam
she did not allow him to go out alone
rökning tillåten
smoking allowed
Språket tillåter oss att se med en annan människas ögon.
Language allows us to see with another person's eyes.

Questions

What does tillåta mean in English?

tillåta means “allow”.

What is the past tense of tillåta?

The past tense of tillåta is tillät (“jag tillät”). The supine is tillåtit, used in “jag har tillåtit”.

What is the present tense of tillåta?

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

Similar words

acceptera

Origin

till + låta

Nearby common words

tillåta is number 1,241 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,237riskera risk, run the risk of
1,238tvätta wash
1,239känd well-known
1,240bråka kick up a fuss, fight
1,242hot threat, menace
1,243ångra regret, undo
1,244bete to behave (oneself)
1,245klänning dress

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