tvärnita
Swedish
Verb
tvärnita (present tvärnitar, preterite tvärnitade, supine tvärnitat, imperative tvärnita)
- (colloquial) to brake hard (with a vehicle), to slam on the brakes (sometimes figuratively)
- Synonym: tvärbromsa
- Vi fick tvärnita för en älg
- We had to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting a moose
- Hunden tvärnitade och for iväg som ett jehu åt andra hållet när den såg älgen
- The dog "slammed on the brakes" and went off in the other direction like a rocket when it saw the moose
Conjugation
Conjugation of tvärnita (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | tvärnita | tvärnitas | ||
| Supine | tvärnitat | tvärnitats | ||
| Imperative | tvärnita | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | tvärniten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | tvärnitar | tvärnitade | tvärnitas | tvärnitades |
| Ind. plural1 | tvärnita | tvärnitade | tvärnitas | tvärnitades |
| Subjunctive2 | tvärnite | tvärnitade | tvärnites | tvärnitades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | tvärnitande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
See also
- bromsa (“brake”)
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