Swedish verb

vidga

widen

Meaning

widen

In Swedish: göra större el. vidare

Conjugation

Conjugation of vidga (widen)
Infinitive	att vidga	to widen
Present	vidgar	jag vidgar
Past	vidgade	jag vidgade
Supine	vidgat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har vidgat	jag har vidgat
Past perfect	hade vidgat	jag hade vidgat
Future	ska vidga	or: kommer att vidga
Conditional	skulle vidga	jag skulle vidga
Imperative	vidga!	a command
Present participle	vidgande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	vidgad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of vidga
Infinitive	vidgas
Present	vidgas
Past	vidgades
Supine	vidgats

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 vidgar. See the four verb groups explained.

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vidga in a sentence

vidgat inflytande
wider influence
medicinen vidgar blodkärlen
the medicine dilates the blood vessels
att vidga sina vyer
to get a broader perspective

Questions

What does vidga mean in English?

vidga means “widen”.

What is the past tense of vidga?

The past tense of vidga is vidgade (“jag vidgade”). The supine is vidgat, used in “jag har vidgat”.

What is the present tense of vidga?

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

Similar words

tänja ututökaväxabreddaexpanderautbredaförstorautsträcka

Origin

From Old Swedish vīdhga or vid + -a

Nearby common words

vidga is number 8,989 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,985specialisera to specialize
8,986tagg barb, spike
8,987baddräkt swimsuit
8,988brödrost a toaster (device for toasting bread)
8,990skotta shovel
8,991byråkrati bureaucracy
8,992jycke dog
8,993monopol monopoly

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