virra
Swedish
Etymology
Likely from virrig (“confused”).
Verb
virra (present virrar, preterite virrade, supine virrat, imperative virra)
- ta act in a confused manner
- Han vet inte vad han snackar om i sin insändare. Han virrar.
- He doesn't know what he's talking about in his letter to the editor. He's being confused.
- (with omkring) to move from place to place in a confused manner
- Efter att ha virrat omkring i en timme hittade de äntligen det berömda kebabstället
- After an hour of lost wandering about, they finally found the famous kebab place
- (with till) to mess up or make confusing through being confused
- Jag råkade virra till slutet av talet genom att blanda ihop Tyskland och Frankrike
- I made a confused mess of the end of the speech by mixing up Germany and France
Conjugation
Conjugation of virra (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | virra | virras | ||
| Supine | virrat | virrats | ||
| Imperative | virra | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | virren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | virrar | virrade | virras | virrades |
| Ind. plural1 | virra | virrade | virras | virrades |
| Subjunctive2 | virre | virrade | virres | virrades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | virrande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||