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utmana

challenge

Meaning

challenge

In Swedish: inbjuda till tävlingskamp

Conjugation

Conjugation of utmana (challenge)
Infinitive	att utmana	to challenge
Present	utmanar	jag utmanar
Past	utmanade	jag utmanade
Supine	utmanat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har utmanat	jag har utmanat
Past perfect	hade utmanat	jag hade utmanat
Future	ska utmana	or: kommer att utmana
Conditional	skulle utmana	jag skulle utmana
Imperative	utmana!	a command
Present participle	utmanande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	utmanad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of utmana
Infinitive	utmanas
Present	utmanas
Past	utmanades
Supine	utmanats

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 utmanar. See the four verb groups explained.

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utmana in a sentence

Jag utmanar dig på duell
I challenge you do a duel

Expressions

utmana ödet
tempt fate

Questions

What does utmana mean in English?

utmana means “challenge”.

What is the past tense of utmana?

The past tense of utmana is utmanade (“jag utmanade”). The supine is utmanat, used in “jag har utmanat”.

What is the present tense of utmana?

utmanar, the same for every person: jag utmanar, du utmanar, vi utmanar.

Origin

ut + mana

Nearby common words

utmana is number 2,481 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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2,479torsdag Thursday
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2,482stödja support
2,483examen degree, examination
2,484bestämd fixed, settled
2,485grät cried, wept

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