lätta

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See also: latta, laetta, látta, lättä, and latta-

Swedish

Etymology

From lätt (“light”) +‎ -a, in the sense of "make/become lighter."

Pronunciation

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Verb

lätta (present lättar, preterite lättade, supine lättat, imperative lätta)

  1. (transitive (usually with på), intransitive) to ease, to lighten, to loosen (concretely or abstractly)
    Antonym: (of a belt or the like) dra åt
    trycket lättade
    the pressure eased
    lätta på gaspedalen
    ease up on the accelerator
    lätta på bördan
    lighten the burden
    lätta på bältet
    loosen the belt
  2. to subside (of a storm or the like)
    Stormen lättade
    The storm subsided
  3. (intransitive) to take off (from the ground, from notion of becoming so "light" so as to take off)
    Synonym: lyfta
    Flygplanet lättade
    The airplane took off

Conjugation

Conjugation of lätta (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive lätta lättas
Supine lättat lättats
Imperative lätta —
Imper. plural1 lätten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative lättar lättade lättas lättades
Ind. plural1 lätta lättade lättas lättades
Subjunctive2 lätte lättade lättes lättades
Participles
Present participle lättande
Past participle lättad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

Adjective

lätta

  1. inflection of lätt:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

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