flörta
Appearance
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English flirt + -a, used since 1891.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]flörta (present flörtar, preterite flörtade, supine flörtat, imperative flörta)
- (intransitive) to flirt
- flörta med någon
- flirt with someone
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of flörta (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | flörta | flörtas | ||
Supine | flörtat | flörtats | ||
Imperative | flörta | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | flörten | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | flörtar | flörtade | flörtas | flörtades |
Ind. plural1 | flörta | flörtade | flörtas | flörtades |
Subjunctive2 | flörte | flörtade | flörtes | flörtades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | flörtande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms
[edit]- tåflörta (“play footsie”)
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ flörta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- ^ Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal][1], number 3