skräpa
See also: skrapa
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]skräp (“trash, junk, litter, debris”) + -a
Verb
[edit]skräpa (present skräpar, preterite skräpade, supine skräpat, imperative skräpa)
- to be (literal) trash or (smaller, cleanable) debris
- Det låg en massa papper på marken och skräpade
- There was a bunch of paper littering the ground ("there lay a bunch of paper on the ground and littered")
- (figuratively) to take up space (not be used)
- Jag funderar på att sälja några gamla prylar som bara står och skräpar
- I'm thinking of selling some old things that are just taking up space ("just stand and litter")
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of skräpa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | skräpa | skräpas | ||
| Supine | skräpat | skräpats | ||
| Imperative | skräpa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | skräpen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | skräpar | skräpade | skräpas | skräpades |
| Ind. plural1 | skräpa | skräpade | skräpas | skräpades |
| Subjunctive2 | skräpe | skräpade | skräpes | skräpades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | skräpande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
See also
[edit]- skräpa ner (“litter, spread trash”)