Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

vägra

refuse/²vɛːɡra/

Meaning

refuse

In Swedish: säga att man inte vill göra det som förväntas av en; säga nej, neka

Conjugation

Conjugation of vägra (refuse)
Infinitive	att vägra	to refuse
Present	vägrar	jag vägrar
Past	vägrade	jag vägrade
Supine	vägrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har vägrat	jag har vägrat
Past perfect	hade vägrat	jag hade vägrat
Future	ska vägra	or: kommer att vägra
Conditional	skulle vägra	jag skulle vägra
Imperative	vägra!	a command
Present participle	vägrande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	vägrad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of vägra
Infinitive	vägras
Present	vägras
Past	vägrades
Supine	vägrats

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 vägrar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (vägra). Which is the past tense?

vägra in a sentence

jag vägrar att betala räkningen
I refuse to pay the bill
han vägrade svara
he refused (declined) to answer

Questions

What does vägra mean in English?

vägra means “refuse”.

What is the past tense of vägra?

The past tense of vägra is vägrade (“jag vägrade”). The supine is vägrat, used in “jag har vägrat”.

What is the present tense of vägra?

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

Nearby common words

vägra is number 1,107 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,103bry care
1,104medicin medicine
1,105överraskning surprise
1,106nervös nervous
1,108plocka pick, gather, pluck
1,109träd tree
1,110bill a share; the cutting blade of a plough
1,111valde chose, elected

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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