svettas

Swedish

Etymology

From svett (“sweat”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

svettas (present svettas, preterite svettades, supine svettats, imperative svettas)

1. (deponent) to sweat (emit sweat)

   Hon svettades

   She was sweating

Conjugation

Conjugation of svettas (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	—		svettas
supine	—		svettats
imperative	—		svettas
imper. plural1	—		svettens
	present	past	present	past
indicative	—	—	svettas	svettades
ind. plural1	—	—	svettas	svettades
subjunctive2	—	—	svettes	svettades
present participle		svettandes
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• svett
• svettig

References

• svettas in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• svettas in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• svettas in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• avsetts