pigga upp
Swedish
editVerb
editpigga upp (present piggar upp, preterite piggade upp, supine piggat upp, imperative pigga upp)
- to cheer up someone who's down, to brighten up, to stimulate
- Han köpte en nytt datorspel för att pigga upp sig
- He bought a new computer game to cheer himself up
- Kaffe piggar upp dig
- Coffee will wake you up
- Att pigga upp färger
- To brighten up colors
Conjugation
editConjugation of pigga (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | pigga upp | piggas upp | ||
Supine | piggat upp | piggats upp | ||
Imperative | pigga upp | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | piggen upp | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | piggar upp | piggade upp | piggas upp | piggades upp |
Ind. plural1 | pigga upp | piggade upp | piggas upp | piggades upp |
Subjunctive2 | pigge upp | piggade upp | pigges upp | piggades upp |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | uppiggande | |||
Past participle | uppiggad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
edit- pigg (“alert”)