uppdatera
Meaning
update
In Swedish: göra (uppgift) aktuell
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att uppdatera | to update |
|---|---|---|
| Present | uppdaterar | jag uppdaterar |
| Past | uppdaterade | jag uppdaterade |
| Supine | uppdaterat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har uppdaterat | jag har uppdaterat |
| Past perfect | hade uppdaterat | jag hade uppdaterat |
| Future | ska uppdatera | or: kommer att uppdatera |
| Conditional | skulle uppdatera | jag skulle uppdatera |
| Imperative | uppdatera! | a command |
| Present participle | uppdaterande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | uppdaterad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | uppdateras |
|---|---|
| Present | uppdateras |
| Past | uppdaterades |
| Supine | uppdaterats |
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 uppdaterar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise uppdatera
1 / 2Yesterday I … (uppdatera). Which is the past tense?
uppdatera in a sentence
- uppdatera ett registerupdate a register
Questions
What does uppdatera mean in English?
uppdatera means “update”.
What is the past tense of uppdatera?
The past tense of uppdatera is uppdaterade (“jag uppdaterade”). The supine is uppdaterat, used in “jag har uppdaterat”.
What is the present tense of uppdatera?
uppdaterar, the same for every person: jag uppdaterar, du uppdaterar, vi uppdaterar.
Nearby common words
uppdatera is number 5,013 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 5,009skörda gather, reap
- 5,010less tired (of something irritating)
- 5,011mal moth, wels
- 5,012luras dupe, fool
- 5,014balkong balcony
- 5,015infiltrera infiltrate
- 5,016veranda veranda(h), (porch (US))
- 5,017återuppliva revive
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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

