blåsa upp

Swedish

Verb

blåsa upp (present blåser upp, preterite blåste upp, supine blåst upp, imperative blås upp)

1. (transitive) to inflate, to blow up

   jag har blåst upp fem ballonger

   I have inflated five balloons

2. (intransitive) to get windy

   det blåser upp

   it gets windy

   det blåser upp till storm

   a storm is coming

Usage notes

• The past participle and passive forms only apply to the first definition.

Conjugation

Conjugation of blåsa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	blåsa upp		blåsas upp
Supine	blåst upp		blåsts upp
Imperative	blås upp		—
Imper. plural1	blåsen upp		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	blåser upp	blåste upp	blåses upp	blåstes upp
Ind. plural1	blåsa upp	blåste upp	blåsas upp	blåstes upp
Subjunctive2	blåse upp	blåste upp	blåses upp	blåstes upp
	Participles
Present participle	uppblåsande
Past participle	uppblåst
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.