utlösa
Meaning
start off
In Swedish: (få att) börja, framkalla
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att utlösa | to start off |
|---|---|---|
| Present | utlöser | jag utlöser |
| Past | utlöste | jag utlöste |
| Supine | utlöst | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har utlöst | jag har utlöst |
| Past perfect | hade utlöst | jag hade utlöst |
| Future | ska utlösa | or: kommer att utlösa |
| Conditional | skulle utlösa | jag skulle utlösa |
| Imperative | utlös! | a command |
| Present participle | utlösande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | utlöst | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | utlösas |
|---|---|
| Present | utlöses |
| Past | utlöstes |
| Supine | utlösts |
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 utlöser. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise utlösa
1 / 2Yesterday I … (utlösa). Which is the past tense?
utlösa in a sentence
- beslutet utlöste en storm av protesterthe decision triggered a storm of protest
- utlösa en bombset off a bomb
- Det kan utlösa ett krigIt could trigger a war
- Fallskärmen utlöstes aldrigThe parachute never deployed (idiomatic for parachutes)
Questions
What does utlösa mean in English?
utlösa means “start off”.
What is the past tense of utlösa?
The past tense of utlösa is utlöste (“jag utlöste”). The supine is utlöst, used in “jag har utlöst”.
What is the present tense of utlösa?
utlöser, the same for every person: jag utlöser, du utlöser, vi utlöser.
Origin
ut + lösa
Nearby common words
utlösa is number 4,529 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 4,524para couple, mate
- 4,525givit given
- 4,526beck pitch
- 4,528svit sequence, succession
- 4,530anländ arrived, received
- 4,531improvisera improvise
- 4,532stall stable
- 4,533struntprat blah-blah
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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