tuta
tuta as a verb
Meaning
honk
In Swedish: signalera (med tuta)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att tuta | to honk |
|---|---|---|
| Present | tutar | jag tutar |
| Past | tutade | jag tutade |
| Supine | tutat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har tutat | jag har tutat |
| Past perfect | hade tutat | jag hade tutat |
| Future | ska tuta | or: kommer att tuta |
| Conditional | skulle tuta | jag skulle tuta |
| Imperative | tuta! | a command |
| Present participle | tutande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | tutas |
|---|---|
| Present | tutas |
| Past | tutades |
| Supine | tutats |
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 tutar. See the four verb groups explained.
tuta as a noun(en tuta)
Meaning
horn
In Swedish: signalhorn på bil
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en tuta |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | tutan |
| Plural, indefinite | tutor |
| Plural, definite | tutorna |
tuta is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor tuta, den stora tutan. Check another noun
Practise tuta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (tuta). Which is the past tense?
tuta in a sentence
- tuta i lurentoot [in] the horn
- Hon tutadeShe honked her horn
- Äh, jag tutar på.Eh, I’ll press on.
Questions
What does tuta mean in English?
tuta means “honk”.
Is it en tuta or ett tuta?
It is en tuta, and “the horn” is tutan.
What is the plural of tuta?
The plural of tuta is tutor, and the definite plural is tutorna.
What is the past tense of tuta?
The past tense of tuta is tutade (“jag tutade”). The supine is tutat, used in “jag har tutat”.
What is the present tense of tuta?
tutar, the same for every person: jag tutar, du tutar, vi tutar.
Origin
From Low German tuten, from Middle Low German tūten, either of imitative origin or derived from Proto-West Germanic *þeutan (“to howl”), itself probably imitative.
Nearby common words
tuta is number 6,316 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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