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vrida

turn

Meaning

turn

In Swedish: röra runt el. åt sidan, vända, snurra

Conjugation

Conjugation of vrida (turn)
Infinitive	att vrida	to turn
Present	vrider	jag vrider
Past	vred	jag vred
Supine	vridit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har vridit	jag har vridit
Past perfect	hade vridit	jag hade vridit
Future	ska vrida	or: kommer att vrida
Conditional	skulle vrida	jag skulle vrida
Imperative	vrid!	a command
Present participle	vridande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	vriden	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of vrida
Infinitive	vridas
Present	vrids
Past	vreds
Supine	vridits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use vrider. See the four verb groups explained.

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vrida in a sentence

vrida på huvudet
turn one's head
vrida om en nyckel
turn a key
vrida och vända på sig
toss and turn
vrida sig av skratt
double up with laughter

Expressions

vrida ur ("tömma på vatten") en trasa
wring out ("squeeze the water out of") a cloth
vrida upp ("spänna fjädern på") en klocka
wind up ("wind the spring of") a clock

Questions

What does vrida mean in English?

vrida means “turn”.

What is the past tense of vrida?

The past tense of vrida is vred (“jag vred”). The supine is vridit, used in “jag har vridit”.

What is the present tense of vrida?

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

Similar words

roteraskruva

Origin

From Old Swedish vriþa, from Old Norse vríða, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt-.

Nearby common words

vrida is number 2,799 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,795tvivel doubt
2,796åter again, back
2,797schysst nice, helpful, good, nice
2,798tår tear
2,800femton fifteen
2,801läskig horrible, awful
2,802bakgrund ground (background, context, framework, surroundings), background, origins; one's social heritage
2,803feg cowardly

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