vitmena

Swedish

vitemenad ladugård med faluröd påbyggnad

vit +‎ mena

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 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.