antasta
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German antasten.
Verb edit
antasta (present antastar, preterite antastade, supine antastat, imperative antasta)
- to grope, to molest (sexually)
- (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
- 1998, Landet för länge sedan VI: Hemligheten bakom Saurus-Berget [The land of long ago [The land a long time ago / The land long ago] VI: The Secret of [behind] the Saurus Mountain [English title: The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock]]:
- Vad står på här? Vem är han där? Antastar du våra barn?
- What's going on here? Who is he [there]? Are you bothering [the word used in the English script] our children? [An unintentionally humorous translation to many native speakers due to the more common sense of the word]
Usage notes edit
Especially younger native speakers are likely to only be familiar with the sexual sense.
Conjugation edit
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 |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | antastande | |||
| Past participle | antastad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms edit
- oantastlig (“untouchable, impeccable”)