brösta
See also: brosta
Swedish
    
    
Verb
    
brösta (present bröstar, preterite bröstade, supine bröstat, imperative brösta)
- (reflexive) to act proud (by puffing out one's chest, or figuratively), to swagger
 - (reflexive, in "brösta upp sig") to act cocky
 - (reflexive, often with a particle like fram (“forth”)) to make oneself broad (by pushing out one's chest)
- brösta sig fram genom en folksamling
- push through a crowd (with one's chest pushed out)
 
 
 - (slang, transitive) to accept or suffer (and endure) (something negative)
 
Conjugation
    
Conjugation of brösta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | brösta | bröstas | ||
| Supine | bröstat | bröstats | ||
| Imperative | brösta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | brösten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bröstar | bröstade | bröstas | bröstades | 
| Ind. plural1 | brösta | bröstade | bröstas | bröstades | 
| Subjunctive2 | bröste | bröstade | bröstes | bröstades | 
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bröstande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Declension
    
| Declension of brösta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | brösta | bröstan | bröstor | bröstorna | 
| Genitive | bröstas | bröstans | bröstors | bröstornas | 
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