belasta

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• belastet

Verb

belasta

1. inflection of belaste:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Swedish

Etymology

From German belasten. Equivalent to be- +‎ lasta. Cognate with Danish belaste and Dutch belasten.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

belasta (present belastar, preterite belastade, supine belastat, imperative belasta)

1. to subject to a (physical or more abstract) load

   Bron tål inte att belastas med så många bilar

   The bridge can't support that many cars ("can't withstand being loaded/burdened by that many cars")

2. to burden (socially or physically)

   Han ville inte belasta dom med sina problem

   He didn't want to burden them with his problems

   Han är tungt kriminellt belastad

   He has a serious criminal record ("He is heavily criminally burdened")

3. to charge (money, from an account)

   Synonym: debitera

   belasta ett konto

   charge an account

Conjugation

Conjugation of belasta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	belasta		belastas
Supine	belastat		belastats
Imperative	belasta		—
Imper. plural1	belasten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	belastar	belastade	belastas	belastades
Ind. plural1	belasta	belastade	belastas	belastades
Subjunctive2	belaste	belastade	belastes	belastades
	Participles
Present participle	belastande
Past participle	belastad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• avlasta
• belastare
• belastning
• belastningsindex
• belastningsregister
• belastningsergonomi
• överbelasta
• överbelastning

References

• belasta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• belasta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• belasta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• betalas