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 | borsta |
| Present | borstar |
| Past | borstade |
| Imperative | borsta |
| Supine | borstat |
Verbs conjugated like 'borsta'
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 'borsta'
bortta,
avborsta,
barsla,
basta,
berösta,
berota,
berusta,
blasta,
blästa,
bofästa,
Translations
broom, to sweep
brush, to clean (with a brush)
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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borsta tänderna/håret (brush one's teeth/hair)
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borsta bort snön från rutan (brush the snow off the windshield)
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borsta ut håret (brush out one's hair)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. jfr sv. dial. bystes, bystä si, d. børste sig, isl. byrstast, t. (sich) borste(l)n, börsteln; afl. af BORST, sbst.
1; jfr äfv. fr. se hérisser
2. y. fsv. borsta; jfr d. børste, t. bürsten, äfvensom holl.
borstelen; afl. af BORSTE References:
1 2
Cognates
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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.