truga
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish þruga (“threaten; force; urge someone to”). From a Scandinavian word related to trycka (“to push”).
Pronunciation
Verb
truga (present trugar, preterite trugade, supine trugat, imperative truga)
- to persistently urge or attempt to persuade someone to accept an offering, particularly of food or drink.
- De trugade gästerna att ta mer av efterrätten.
- They urged the guests to help themselved to more dessert.
- Jag blev trugad till att hjälpa honom med deklarationen.
- I was persuaded to help him with his tax return.
Conjugation
Conjugation of truga (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | truga | trugas | ||
| Supine | trugat | trugats | ||
| Imperative | truga | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | trugen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | trugar | trugade | trugas | trugades |
| Ind. plural1 | truga | trugade | trugas | trugades |
| Subjunctive2 | truge | trugade | truges | trugades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | trugande | |||
| Past participle | trugad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||