vitmena
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Swedish
Etymology
Verb
vitmena (present vitmenar, preterite vitmenade, supine vitmenat, imperative vitmena)
- to whitewash, to paint white (with lime)
- Synonym: vitkalka
- to whitewash, to make something appear cleaner or more orderly than it really is
- Den ena sidan vitmenar dem, urskuldar alla extrema yttranden och menar att de sedan länge tagit avstånd från våldet
- One side whitewashes them, pardons all extreme statements and means that they have long since distanced themselves from violence
Conjugation
Conjugation of vitmena (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | vitmena | vitmenas | ||
| Supine | vitmenat | vitmenats | ||
| Imperative | vitmena | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | vitmenen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | vitmenar | vitmenade | vitmenas | vitmenades |
| Ind. plural1 | vitmena | vitmenade | vitmenas | vitmenades |
| Subjunctive2 | vitmene | vitmenade | vitmenes | vitmenades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | vitmenande | |||
| Past participle | vitmenad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
- vitmena in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- vitmena in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vitmena in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)