utnyttja

Swedish

utnyttja (present utnyttjar, preterite utnyttjade, supine utnyttjat, imperative utnyttja)

to use, to make use of, to take advantage of (seize or make gainful use of an opportunity, circumstance, or the like)
Du borde verkligen utnyttja möjligheten att förlänga avtalet
You should really use the opportunity to extend the agreement
to exploit, to take advantage of, (when for example sexually) to abuse
bli sexuellt utnyttjad
be sexually abused

bli utnyttjad av andra
be taken advantage of by others

otillbörligt utnyttja sin ställning
take undue advantage of one's position

(sense 2) is (sense 1) with an implication of exploitation.

Conjugation of utnyttja (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	utnyttja		utnyttjas
Supine	utnyttjat		utnyttjats
Imperative	utnyttja		—
Imper. plural¹	utnyttjen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	utnyttjar	utnyttjade	utnyttjas	utnyttjades
Ind. plural¹	utnyttja	utnyttjade	utnyttjas	utnyttjades
Subjunctive²	utnyttje	utnyttjade	utnyttjes	utnyttjades
	Participles
Present participle	utnyttjande
Past participle	utnyttjad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.