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]Conjugation of tappa (weak)
| 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 |
| Participles | ||||
| 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”)