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 | brösta |
| Present | bröstar |
| Past | bröstade |
| Imperative | brösta |
| Supine | bröstat |
Verbs conjugated like 'brösta'
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 'brösta'
berösta,
bösta,
brästa,
brista,
rösta,
trösta,
avbrösta,
basta,
berusta,
betrösta,
Translations
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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brösta sig fram genom en folksamling (push through a crowd (with one's chest pushed out))
Additional Information
Etymology
1. liksom d.
bryste sig efter t. sich brüsten, till brust (se BRÖST)
2. af t. brüsten, afledn. af brust (se BRÖST 5
g)
3. sannol. efter t.
protzen, till protz, föreställare, af it. dial. brots (it. biroccio), af lat. bi, två- (se BI, prefix
2), o. rota, hjul (jfr ROTERA) References:
1 2 3
4. From bröst (“chest”) + -a. Compare puff up.
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.