"befästa" meaning in Swedish

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Verb

Audio: Sv-befästa.ogg
Etymology: be- + fästa Etymology templates: {{prefix|sv|be|fästa}} be- + fästa Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|befäster|preterite|befäste|supine|befäst|imperative|befäst|head=}} befästa (present befäster, preterite befäste, supine befäst, imperative befäst) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|befäst|end=t}} Forms: befäster [present], befäste [preterite], befäst [supine], befäst [imperative], weak [table-tags], befästa [active, infinitive], befästas [infinitive, passive], befäst [active, supine], befästs [passive, supine], befäst [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], befästen [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], befäster [active, indicative, present], befäste [active, indicative, past], befästs [indicative, passive, present], befästes [indicative, passive, present], befästes [indicative, passive, past], befästa [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], befäste [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], befästas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], befästes [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], befäste [active, dated, present, subjunctive], befäste [active, dated, past, subjunctive], befästes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], befästes [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], befästande [participle, present], befäst [participle, past]
  1. (often in the past participle "befäst") to fortify (build defenses)
    Sense id: en-befästa-sv-verb-w~Zi30N0 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Swedish terms prefixed with be-: 50 50
  2. to consolidate, to cement (an (abstract) position or the like)
    Sense id: en-befästa-sv-verb-GDD~XyaR Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Swedish terms prefixed with be-: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: befästning [fortification, fortifications, military, war, government, politics]

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for befästa meaning in Swedish (4.3kB)

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