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trycka

weigh down, press, print

Meaning

weigh down; press; print

In Swedish: utöva tryck, pressa

Conjugation

Conjugation of trycka (weigh down)
Infinitive	att trycka	to weigh down
Present	trycker	jag trycker
Past	tryckte	jag tryckte
Supine	tryckt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har tryckt	jag har tryckt
Past perfect	hade tryckt	jag hade tryckt
Future	ska trycka	or: kommer att trycka
Conditional	skulle trycka	jag skulle trycka
Imperative	tryck!	a command
Present participle	tryckande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	tryckt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of trycka
Infinitive	tryckas
Present	trycks
Past	trycktes
Supine	tryckts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use trycker. See the four verb groups explained.

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trycka in a sentence

Vad är det som trycker dig?
What is troubling you?
Tryck på knappen!
Press the button!
skorna trycker på tårna
these shoes pinch my toes
För att stänga av programmet, tryck Alt+F4
To shut down the program, press Alt+F4
Du kan inte dra upp den dörren. Du måste trycka.
You can't pull that door open. You have to push.
trycka tidningar
print newspapers
tryckande värme/hetta
oppressive/stifling heat
trycka på basen
hole up [stay] in the base

Questions

What does trycka mean in English?

trycka means “weigh down, press”.

What is the past tense of trycka?

The past tense of trycka is tryckte (“jag tryckte”). The supine is tryckt, used in “jag har tryckt”.

What is the present tense of trycka?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish þrykkia, from Old Norse þrykkja, from Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną.

Nearby common words

trycka is number 1,378 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,374landa land
1,375källa source, spring
1,376hejsan hello!, hallo!
1,377visad shown
1,379låsa lock
1,380hälften half
1,381gratis free
1,382upptäcka discover

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