snygga till
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]snygg (“nice-looking”) + -a + till (“up”)
Verb
[edit]snygga till (present snyggar till, preterite snyggade till, supine snyggat till, imperative snygga till)
- to make nicer looking (especially of something that does not look nice, sometimes figuratively); to clean up, to tidy up, to smarten up, etc.
- Synonym: snygga upp
- Jag har varit ute och mekat i garaget, så jag måste snygga till mig lite innan vi åker till restaurangen
- I have been out working in the garage, so I need to clean myself up a bit before we leave for the restaurant
- Roboten snyggar till stadens gator genom att suga upp fimpar
- The robot cleans up city streets by sucking up cigarette butts
- Med kampanjen vill de snygga till sin skamfilade image
- With the campaign, they want to clean up their tarnished image
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of snygga (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | snygga till | snyggas till | ||
| Supine | snyggat till | snyggats till | ||
| Imperative | snygga till | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | snyggen till | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | snyggar till | snyggade till | snyggas till | snyggades till |
| Ind. plural1 | snygga till | snyggade till | snyggas till | snyggades till |
| Subjunctive2 | snygge till | snyggade till | snygges till | snyggades till |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | tillsnyggande | |||
| Past participle | tillsnyggad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||