tråka
Meaning
tease
In Swedish: driva med, reta
Conjugation
| 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)
| 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.
Practise tråka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (tråka). Which is the past tense?
tråka in a sentence
- han blev tråkad av sina arbetskamraterhis 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
Origin
Compare Icelandic þrauka.
Nearby common words
tråka is number 5,713 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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