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torka

dry

torka as a verb

Meaning

dry

In Swedish: göra torr

Conjugation

Conjugation of torka (dry)
Infinitive	att torka	to dry
Present	torkar	jag torkar
Past	torkade	jag torkade
Supine	torkat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har torkat	jag har torkat
Past perfect	hade torkat	jag hade torkat
Future	ska torka	or: kommer att torka
Conditional	skulle torka	jag skulle torka
Imperative	torka!	a command
Present participle	torkande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	torkad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of torka
Infinitive	torkas
Present	torkas
Past	torkades
Supine	torkats

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 torkar. See the four verb groups explained.

torka as a noun(en torka)

Meaning

drought

In Swedish: långvarig torr väderlek

Forms

Forms of torka
Singular, indefinite	en torka
Singular, definite	torkan
Plural, indefinite	torkor
Plural, definite	torkorna

torka is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor torka, den stora torkan. Check another noun

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torka in a sentence

torkad fisk
dried fish
torka sig om händerna
dry one's hands
torka av diskbänken
wipe off the counter
torka upp efter sig
clean up after oneself
torka golvet
wipe the floor
torka tvätten
dry the laundry (US), dry the washing (UK)
tvätten har torkat
the laundry has dried
Tomaterna torkade i solen och blev soltorkade tomater
The tomatoes dried in the sun and became sun-dried tomatoes

Questions

What does torka mean in English?

torka means “dry”.

Is it en torka or ett torka?

It is en torka, and “the drought” is torkan.

What is the plural of torka?

The plural of torka is torkor, and the definite plural is torkorna.

What is the past tense of torka?

The past tense of torka is torkade (“jag torkade”). The supine is torkat, used in “jag har torkat”.

What is the present tense of torka?

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

Origin

torr + -ka

Nearby common words

torka is number 2,108 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,104åratal years (a long period of time)
2,105da eye dialect spelling of då
2,106informera inform
2,107ignorera ignore
2,109suttit sat
2,110oskuld innocence, virgin
2,111guvernör governor
2,112personligen personally

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