spärra in
Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]spärra in (present spärrar in, preterite spärrade in, supine spärrat in, imperative spärra in)
- to lock up (confine)
- Han spärrade in honom på vinden ― He locked him into the attic
- (slang) to put in jail
- Synonym: bura in
- De borde spärra in hela bunten ― They ought to jail the whole bunch
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of spärra (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | spärra in | spärras in | ||
| Supine | spärrat in | spärrats in | ||
| Imperative | spärra in | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | spärren in | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | spärrar in | spärrade in | spärras in | spärrades in |
| Ind. plural1 | spärra in | spärrade in | spärras in | spärrades in |
| Subjunctive2 | spärre in | spärrade in | spärres in | spärrades in |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | inspärrande | |||
| Past participle | inspärrad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||