sanera

See also: sanerà

Swedish

sanera (present sanerar, preterite sanerade, supine sanerat, imperative sanera)

to clean up, to decontaminate, to sanitize
Marken kring den gamla fabriken är giftig och måste saneras
The land around the old factory is toxic and needs to be decontaminated
to redevelop (a neighborhood)

Implies a bad contamination, like toxins or radioactive material. English sanitize may partly be considered a false friend.

Conjugation of sanera (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	sanera		saneras
Supine	sanerat		sanerats
Imperative	sanera		—
Imper. plural¹	saneren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	sanerar	sanerade	saneras	sanerades
Ind. plural¹	sanera	sanerade	saneras	sanerades
Subjunctive²	sanere	sanerade	saneres	sanerades
	Participles
Present participle	sanerande
Past participle	sanerad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.