tappa bort
Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]tappa bort (present tappar bort, preterite tappade bort, supine tappat bort, imperative tappa bort)
- to lose (misplace)
- Jag har tappat bort mina glasögon
- I have lost my glasses
- (reflexive) to get lost (become lost)
- Synonym: (on foot) gå vilse
- Jag tappade bort mig i labyrinten
- I got lost in the labyrinth
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tappa bort | tappas bort | ||
| supine | tappat bort | tappats bort | ||
| imperative | tappa bort | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | tappen bort | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | tappar bort | tappade bort | tappas bort | tappades bort |
| ind. plural1 | tappa bort | tappade bort | tappas bort | tappades bort |
| subjunctive2 | tappe bort | tappade bort | tappes bort | tappades bort |
| present participle | borttappande | |||
| past participle | borttappad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
See also
[edit]- förlora, mista (some other senses of lose)
- förlägga
- slarva bort (“lose (misplace) through sloppiness or carelessness”)