upprepa
Meaning
repeat
In Swedish: ta om (igen), repetera
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att upprepa | to repeat |
|---|---|---|
| Present | upprepar | jag upprepar |
| Past | upprepade | jag upprepade |
| Supine | upprepat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har upprepat | jag har upprepat |
| Past perfect | hade upprepat | jag hade upprepat |
| Future | ska upprepa | or: kommer att upprepa |
| Conditional | skulle upprepa | jag skulle upprepa |
| Imperative | upprepa! | a command |
| Present participle | upprepande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | upprepad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | upprepas |
|---|---|
| Present | upprepas |
| Past | upprepades |
| Supine | upprepats |
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 upprepar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise upprepa
1 / 2Yesterday I … (upprepa). Which is the past tense?
upprepa in a sentence
- Vill du upprepa din fråga?Would you repeat the question?
Expressions
- upprepade gångerrepeatedly
Questions
What does upprepa mean in English?
upprepa means “repeat”.
What is the past tense of upprepa?
The past tense of upprepa is upprepade (“jag upprepade”). The supine is upprepat, used in “jag har upprepat”.
What is the present tense of upprepa?
upprepar, the same for every person: jag upprepar, du upprepar, vi upprepar.
Similar words
itererarepeteragöra återhärmar
Origin
From earlier uppreppa, from Old Swedish upreppa (“to tear open, to bring up again”), from Middle Low German upreppen.
Nearby common words
upprepa is number 1,602 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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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

