plåga

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See also: plaga, plága, plagá, and plagă

Swedish

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Noun

plåga c

  1. a pain, a plague, a torment
    Han är en riktig plåga!
    He's a pain in the neck/ass!

Declension

Declension of plåga
nominative genitive
singular indefinite plåga plågas
definite plågan plågans
plural indefinite plågor plågors
definite plågorna plågornas

Verb

plåga (present plågar, preterite plågade, supine plågat, imperative plåga)

  1. to torment, to torture
  2. (more generally, through figurative weakening) to cause significant pain or distress, to plague, to torment
    Grannen plågade henne med hög musik vid fyratiden på morgonen
    Her neighbor tormented her with loud music at four in the morning

Conjugation

Conjugation of plåga (weak)
active passive
infinitive plåga plågas
supine plågat plågats
imperative plåga
imper. plural1 plågen
present past present past
indicative plågar plågade plågas plågades
ind. plural1 plåga plågade plågas plågades
subjunctive2 plåge plågade plåges plågades
present participle plågande
past participle plågad

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

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