utnyttja
Swedish
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Verb
[edit]utnyttja (present utnyttjar, preterite utnyttjade, supine utnyttjat, imperative utnyttja)
- to use, to make use of, to take advantage of (seize or make gainful use of an opportunity, circumstance, or the like)
- Du borde verkligen utnyttja möjligheten att förlänga avtalet
- You should really use the opportunity to extend the agreement
- to exploit, to take advantage of, (when for example sexually) to abuse
- bli sexuellt utnyttjad
- be sexually abused
- bli utnyttjad av andra
- be taken advantage of by others
- otillbörligt utnyttja sin ställning
- take undue advantage of one's position
Usage notes
[edit](sense 2) is (sense 1) with an implication of exploitation.
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | utnyttja | utnyttjas | ||
| supine | utnyttjat | utnyttjats | ||
| imperative | utnyttja | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | utnyttjen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | utnyttjar | utnyttjade | utnyttjas | utnyttjades |
| ind. plural1 | utnyttja | utnyttjade | utnyttjas | utnyttjades |
| subjunctive2 | utnyttje | utnyttjade | utnyttjes | utnyttjades |
| present participle | utnyttjande | |||
| past participle | utnyttjad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.