In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | sporra |
| Present | sporrar |
| Past | sporrade |
| Imperative | sporra |
| Supine | sporrat |
Verbs conjugated like 'sporra'
abalienera,
abandonnera,
abbreviera,
abdikera,
abila,
ablaktera,
abonnera,
abortera,
abradera,
absentera,
absolvera,
absorbera,
abstrahera,
accedera,
accelerera,
accentera,
accentuera,
acceptera,
accisera,
acklimatisera, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sporra'
skorra,
sparra,
spärra,
sporta,
borra,
knorra,
morra,
pirra,
porla,
porta,
Translations
drive, to motivate; to provide an incentive for
stimulate, to encourage into action
spur, to prod
spur, to urge or encourage to action
goad, to encourage or stimulate
encourage, mentally support or motivate
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
Additional Information
Etymology
1. jfr d.
spore, nl. sporren, t.
spornen, eng. spur; jfr äv. mht. sporen, förse med sporrar; avledn. av SPORRE, sbst.
1 — Jfr SPÅRA, v.
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2. sannol. etymologiskt identiskt med SPORRA, v.
3 (se SPÅRA, v.
2). — Jfr SPORRE, sbst.
2, SPORRHUGG, sbst.
2, SPORRHUGGA, v.
2 References:
1 2 3
3. sporre (“spur”) + -a. Cognate of German spornen, Dutch sporen. See: German, old spelling '
spornen', Dutch '
sporen'.
Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.