antasta

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Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German antasten.

Verb

antasta (present antastar, preterite antastade, supine antastat, imperative antasta)

  1. to grope, to molest (sexually)
    Synonyms: (grope) tafsa, (grope) talla, (grope) kladda
  2. (dated) to subject to unpleasant close contact; to harass, to accost, to attack, to disturb, etc.
    bli antastad av en aggressiv reporter
    be accosted by an aggressive reporter

Usage notes

Especially younger native speakers are likely to only be familiar with the sexual sense.

Conjugation

Conjugation of antasta (weak)
active passive
infinitive antasta antastas
supine antastat antastats
imperative antasta —
imper. plural1 antasten —
present past present past
indicative antastar antastade antastas antastades
ind. plural1 antasta antastade antastas antastades
subjunctive2 antaste antastade antastes antastades
present participle antastande
past participle antastad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

References

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