svepa

Swedish[edit]

svepa (present sveper, preterite svepte, supine svept, imperative svep)

(often with a particle like förbi (“by”)) to sweep (move in a sweeping motion)
(often with a particle like bort (“away”)) to sweep (cause to be swept away)
(often with a particle like in (“in”) or om (“about, around”)) to wrap (put a cloth or the like over/around, often of a body – from an (imagined) sweeping motion)
to sweep (mines)
(colloquial) to quickly down (drink up, usually alcoholic beverage)
Han svepte två öl
He downed ("swept") two beers

Conjugation of svepa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	svepa		svepas
Supine	svept		svepts
Imperative	svep		—
Imper. plural¹	svepen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	sveper	svepte	sveps, svepes	sveptes
Ind. plural¹	svepa	svepte	svepas	sveptes
Subjunctive²	svepe	svepte	svepes	sveptes
	Participles
Present participle	svepande
Past participle	svept
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.