utplåna
Meaning
obliterate
In Swedish: ta bort (så att inget blir kvar); förinta
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att utplåna | to obliterate |
|---|---|---|
| Present | utplånar | jag utplånar |
| Past | utplånade | jag utplånade |
| Supine | utplånat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har utplånat | jag har utplånat |
| Past perfect | hade utplånat | jag hade utplånat |
| Future | ska utplåna | or: kommer att utplåna |
| Conditional | skulle utplåna | jag skulle utplåna |
| Imperative | utplåna! | a command |
| Present participle | utplånande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | utplånad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | utplånas |
|---|---|
| Present | utplånas |
| Past | utplånades |
| Supine | utplånats |
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 utplånar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise utplåna
1 / 2Yesterday I … (utplåna). Which is the past tense?
utplåna in a sentence
- utplåna alla bevisobliterate all evidence
Questions
What does utplåna mean in English?
utplåna means “obliterate”.
What is the past tense of utplåna?
The past tense of utplåna is utplånade (“jag utplånade”). The supine is utplånat, used in “jag har utplånat”.
What is the present tense of utplåna?
utplånar, the same for every person: jag utplånar, du utplånar, vi utplånar.
Similar words
Origin
ut (“out”) + plån (“slate”) + -a, literally to (wipe) out from a slate
Nearby common words
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- 2,660omöjlig impossible
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- 2,662besvara respond to, answer
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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