belasta

Norwegian Bokmål

belasta

From German belasten. Equivalent to be- +‎ lasta. Cognate with Danish belaste and Dutch belasten.

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belasta (present belastar, preterite belastade, supine belastat, imperative belasta)

to subject to a (physical or more abstract) load
Bron tål inte att belastas med så många bilar
The bridge can't support that many cars ("can't withstand being loaded/burdened by that many cars")
to burden (socially or physically)
Han ville inte belasta dom med sina problem
He didn't want to burden them with his problems

Han är tungt kriminellt belastad
He has a serious criminal record ("He is heavily criminally burdened")
to charge (money, from an account)
Synonym: debitera

belasta ett konto
charge an account

Conjugation of belasta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	belasta		belastas
Supine	belastat		belastats
Imperative	belasta		—
Imper. plural¹	belasten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	belastar	belastade	belastas	belastades
Ind. plural¹	belasta	belastade	belastas	belastades
Subjunctive²	belaste	belastade	belastes	belastades
	Participles
Present participle	belastande
Past participle	belastad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.