brottas
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Passive of brotta.
Verb[edit]
brottas (present brottas, preterite brottades, supine brottats, imperative brottas)
- (deponent, intransitive) to wrestle (in a wrestling match or generally, sometimes figuratively)
- Brottarna brottades
- The wrestlers wrestled
- Polisen brottades med tjuvarna
- The police wrestled with the thieves
- brottas med de stora frågarna
- wrestle with the big questions
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of brottas (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | — | brottas | ||
| Supine | — | brottats | ||
| Imperative | — | brottas | ||
| Imper. plural1 | — | brottens | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | — | — | brottas | brottades |
| Ind. plural1 | — | — | brottas | brottades |
| Subjunctive2 | — | — | brottes | brottades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | — | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Verb[edit]
brottas
References[edit]
- brottas in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- brottas in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- brottas in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)