Swedish verb

tråka

tease

Meaning

tease

In Swedish: driva med, reta

Conjugation

Conjugation of tråka (tease)
Infinitive	att tråka	to tease
Present	tråkar	jag tråkar
Past	tråkade	jag tråkade
Supine	tråkat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har tråkat	jag har tråkat
Past perfect	hade tråkat	jag hade tråkat
Future	ska tråka	or: kommer att tråka
Conditional	skulle tråka	jag skulle tråka
Imperative	tråka!	a command
Present participle	tråkande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	tråkad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of tråka
Infinitive	tråkas
Present	tråkas
Past	tråkades
Supine	tråkats

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 tråkar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (tråka). Which is the past tense?

tråka in a sentence

han blev tråkad av sina arbetskamrater
his fellow workers gave him a hard time
Filmen tråkar ihjäl mig!
The film bores me to death!

Questions

What does tråka mean in English?

tråka means “tease”.

What is the past tense of tråka?

The past tense of tråka is tråkade (“jag tråkade”). The supine is tråkat, used in “jag har tråkat”.

What is the present tense of tråka?

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

Similar words

reta

Origin

Compare Icelandic þrauka.

Nearby common words

tråka is number 5,713 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,709ventil valve
5,710folkmassa a crowd (group of people (in a public place))
5,711störst biggest
5,712löv leaf (plur. leaves)
5,714vovve bow-wow, doggy
5,715huvudstad capital city
5,716avlopp drain, sewer
5,717hjärnskakning a concussion

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary