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visa

showAlso the plural of visum./ˈviːˌsa/

visa as a verb

Meaning

show

In Swedish: låta (någon) se

Conjugation

Conjugation of visa (show)
Infinitive	att visa	to show
Present	visar	jag visar
Past	visade	jag visade
Supine	visat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har visat	jag har visat
Past perfect	hade visat	jag hade visat
Future	ska visa	or: kommer att visa
Conditional	skulle visa	jag skulle visa
Imperative	visa!	a command
Present participle	visande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	visad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of visa
Infinitive	visas
Present	visas
Past	visades
Supine	visats

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 visar. See the four verb groups explained.

visa as a noun(en visa)

Meaning

air; song; tune; melody

In Swedish: sång

Forms

Forms of visa
Singular, indefinite	en visa
Singular, definite	visan
Plural, indefinite	visor
Plural, definite	visorna

visa is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor visa, den stora visan. Check another noun

Practise visa

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

visa in a sentence

visa upp sin biljett
show one's ticket
han visade mig boken
he showed me the book
visa vägen (för någon)
show (sby) the way
det visar att du inte har lyssnat
that shows you have not been listening
Han visade dem sin samling
He showed them his collection
Han visade (upp) sin samling för dom
He showed them his collection
Visa någon vägen
Show someone the way
Visa att x > 5
Show that x > 5

Words built with visa

folkvisa folk ballad
barnvisa children's song, nursery rhyme
vissångare ballad singer

Questions

What does visa mean in English?

visa means “show”.

Is it en visa or ett visa?

It is en visa, and “the air” is visan.

What is the plural of visa?

The plural of visa is visor, and the definite plural is visorna.

What is the past tense of visa?

The past tense of visa is visade (“jag visade”). The supine is visat, used in “jag har visat”.

What is the present tense of visa?

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

Similar words

framföralotsapåvisasynliggöra

Where the course teaches it

Swedish verbs of position: ligger, står
Complete Swedish – Season 1

Origin

From Old Swedish vīsa, from Old Norse vísa (“strophe, stanza”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ.

Nearby common words

visa is number 242 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

237äta eat
238vilken who, which
239kille fellow, guy, bloke
241be ask, pray
243polis police, policeman
244fru wife, Mrs.
245verka seem, work
246glömma forget, neglect

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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