vitmena
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]vitmena (present vitmenar, preterite vitmenade, supine vitmenat, imperative vitmena)
- to whitewash, to paint white (with lime)
- Synonym: vitkalka
- to whitewash, to make something appear cleaner or more orderly than it really is
- Den ena sidan vitmenar dem, urskuldar alla extrema yttranden och menar att de sedan länge tagit avstånd från våldet
- One side whitewashes them, pardons all extreme statements and means that they have long since distanced themselves from violence
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vitmena | vitmenas | ||
| supine | vitmenat | vitmenats | ||
| imperative | vitmena | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | vitmenen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | vitmenar | vitmenade | vitmenas | vitmenades |
| ind. plural1 | vitmena | vitmenade | vitmenas | vitmenades |
| subjunctive2 | vitmene | vitmenade | vitmenes | vitmenades |
| present participle | vitmenande | |||
| past participle | vitmenad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
References
[edit]- vitmena in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- vitmena in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vitmena in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)