slarva bort
Swedish
editVerb
editslarva bort (present slarvar bort, preterite slarvade bort, supine slarvat bort, imperative slarva bort)
- to lose (misplace) through sloppiness or carelessness
- Polisen slarvade bort viktigt bevismaterial
- The police carelessly misplaced important evidence
- Laget slarvade bort sina chanser i matchen
- The team wasted their chances in the game
Conjugation
editConjugation of slarva (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | slarva bort | slarvas bort | ||
| Supine | slarvat bort | slarvats bort | ||
| Imperative | slarva bort | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | slarven bort | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | slarvar bort | slarvade bort | slarvas bort | slarvades bort |
| Ind. plural1 | slarva bort | slarvade bort | slarvas bort | slarvades bort |
| Subjunctive2 | slarve bort | slarvade bort | slarves bort | slarvades bort |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bortslarvande | |||
| Past participle | bortslarvad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
See also
edit- förlora, mista (some other senses of lose)
- förlägga (“misplace”)
- tappa bort (“lose (misplace)”)