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Swedish
Verb
bestiga (present bestiger, preterite besteg, supine bestigit, imperative bestig)
- to climb, to scale, to get to the top of (a mountain or the like)
De besteg berget- They climbed the mountain
- to mount (a riding animal or the like – rare for bicycles, where "sätta sig på" is more idiomatic)
- Synonym: sätta sig upp på
Han besteg hästen- He mounted his horse
- to mount (climb onto in order to mate with, of a quadruped)
- Synonyms: betäcka, para sig
Elefanthanen besteg elefanthonan- The male elephant mounted the female elephant
- (figuratively) to ascend (a throne or the like)
Han besteg tronen- He ascended the throne
Conjugation
Conjugation of bestiga (class 1 strong)
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