arrestera

See also: arresterà

Swedish

Etymology

arrest +‎ -era

Verb

arrestera (present arresterar, preterite arresterade, supine arresterat, imperative arrestera)

1. to arrest

Usage notes

This is normally not used as a legal term in Sweden. The words used in law are gripa (to actually capture the suspect) or anhålla (to decide that a suspect should be arrested; this decision lies with a prosecutor).

Conjugation

Conjugation of arrestera (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	arrestera		arresteras
Supine	arresterat		arresterats
Imperative	arrestera		—
Imper. plural1	arresteren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	arresterar	arresterade	arresteras	arresterades
Ind. plural1	arrestera	arresterade	arresteras	arresterades
Subjunctive2	arrestere	arresterade	arresteres	arresterades
	Participles
Present participle	arresterande
Past participle	arresterad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• gripa
• haffa (colloquial)

Related terms

• arrest
• arrestant
• arrestering

See also

• anhålla

Further reading

• arrestera in Svensk ordbok.