vaxa
Meaning
wax
In Swedish: smörja in med vax
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att vaxa | to wax |
|---|---|---|
| Present | vaxar | jag vaxar |
| Past | vaxade | jag vaxade |
| Supine | vaxat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har vaxat | jag har vaxat |
| Past perfect | hade vaxat | jag hade vaxat |
| Future | ska vaxa | or: kommer att vaxa |
| Conditional | skulle vaxa | jag skulle vaxa |
| Imperative | vaxa! | a command |
| Present participle | vaxande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | vaxad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | vaxas |
|---|---|
| Present | vaxas |
| Past | vaxades |
| Supine | vaxats |
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 vaxar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise vaxa
1 / 2Yesterday I … (vaxa). Which is the past tense?
vaxa in a sentence
- vaxa bilenpolish (wax) the car
Questions
What does vaxa mean in English?
vaxa means “wax”.
What is the past tense of vaxa?
The past tense of vaxa is vaxade (“jag vaxade”). The supine is vaxat, used in “jag har vaxat”.
What is the present tense of vaxa?
vaxar, the same for every person: jag vaxar, du vaxar, vi vaxar.
Nearby common words
vaxa is number 9,006 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 9,002dunk thump, drum
- 9,003upphöjd lofty, superscript
- 9,004gagna benefit
- 9,005tänja stretch
- 9,007åra oar
- 9,008brandlarm fire alarm, fire alarms
- 9,009rymdstation space station
- 9,011postkontor a post office (building) (nowadays chiefly foreign or historical)
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