berusa
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]berusa (present berusar, preterite berusade, supine berusat, imperative berusa)
- to intoxicate (usually with/of a substance, usually alcohol)
- Vinet hade berusat honom
- The wine had intoxicated him
- (figuratively) to intoxicate (fill with enthusiasm, passion, madness, or the like)
- intrycken berusade henne
- the impressions intoxicated her
- berusande kärlek
- intoxicating love
- (reflexive) to get drunk (drink and make oneself drunk)
- Synonyms: (become drunk) bli full, (colloquial) supa sig full
- berusa sig på billigt vin
- get drunk on cheap wine
- (reflexive, figuratively) to get drunk (on something)
- berusa sig på makt
- get drunk on power
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of berusa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | berusa | berusas | ||
| Supine | berusat | berusats | ||
| Imperative | berusa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | berusen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | berusar | berusade | berusas | berusades |
| Ind. plural1 | berusa | berusade | berusas | berusades |
| Subjunctive2 | beruse | berusade | beruses | berusades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | berusande | |||
| Past participle | berusad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||