antasta
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German antasten.
Verb
[edit]antasta (present antastar, preterite antastade, supine antastat, imperative antasta)
- to grope, to molest (sexually)
- (dated) to subject to unpleasant close contact; to harass, to accost, to attack, to disturb, etc.
- bli antastad av en aggressiv reporter
- be accosted by an aggressive reporter
- 1998, Landet för länge sedan VI: Hemligheten bakom Saurus-Berget [The land of long ago [The land a long time ago / The land long ago] VI: The Secret of [behind] the Saurus Mountain [English title: The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock]]:
- Vad står på här? Vem är han där? Antastar du våra barn?
- What's going on here? Who is he [there]? Are you bothering [the word used in the English script] our children? [An unintentionally humorous translation to many native speakers due to the more common sense of the word]
Usage notes
[edit]Especially younger native speakers are likely to only be familiar with the sexual sense.
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | antasta | antastas | ||
| supine | antastat | antastats | ||
| imperative | antasta | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | antasten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | antastar | antastade | antastas | antastades |
| ind. plural1 | antasta | antastade | antastas | antastades |
| subjunctive2 | antaste | antastade | antastes | antastades |
| present participle | antastande | |||
| past participle | antastad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
[edit]- oantastlig (“untouchable, impeccable”)