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tona

tint, set [the tone for]

Meaning

tint; set [the tone for]

In Swedish: ge en viss färgnyans

Conjugation

Conjugation of tona (tint)
Infinitive	att tona	to tint
Present	tonar	jag tonar
Past	tonade	jag tonade
Supine	tonat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har tonat	jag har tonat
Past perfect	hade tonat	jag hade tonat
Future	ska tona	or: kommer att tona
Conditional	skulle tona	jag skulle tona
Imperative	tona!	a command
Present participle	tonande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	tonad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of tona
Infinitive	tonas
Present	tonas
Past	tonades
Supine	tonats

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 tonar. See the four verb groups explained.

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tona in a sentence

tona håret
tint one's hair
En pizza tonade fram ur dimman
A pizza emerged ("toned forth") from the fog

Questions

What does tona mean in English?

tona means “tint, set [the tone for]”.

What is the past tense of tona?

The past tense of tona is tonade (“jag tonade”). The supine is tonat, used in “jag har tonat”.

What is the present tense of tona?

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

Nearby common words

tona is number 4,815 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,811bush bush
4,812tjafsa fuss, babble
4,813volym volume
4,814beordrad ordered, commanded
4,816skyttel shuttle
4,817öster the east
4,818irritera irritate, annoy
4,819öst towards the east, eastward

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