plugga
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
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Verb
[edit]plugga (present pluggar, preterite pluggade, supine pluggat, imperative plugga)
- to plug; to stop with a plug
- (informal) to study, to attend school
- Var pluggar du?
- Where do you study? What school do you attend?
- to read up, to study intensively, as in preparing for a test (cramming)
- Jag pluggar inför provet på måndag
- I'm reading up for my test next Monday
- Jag pluggar inför provet på måndag
- to plug (promote)
- Författaren fick tillfälle att plugga för sin nya bok
- The writer got a chance to promote her new book
- Författaren fick tillfälle att plugga för sin nya bok
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | plugga | pluggas | ||
| supine | pluggat | pluggats | ||
| imperative | plugga | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | pluggen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | pluggar | pluggade | pluggas | pluggades |
| ind. plural1 | plugga | pluggade | pluggas | pluggades |
| subjunctive2 | plugge | pluggade | plugges | pluggades |
| present participle | pluggande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Synonyms
[edit]- (somewhat formal) studera