kladda
See also: klädda
Swedish
Verb
kladda (present kladdar, preterite kladdade, supine kladdat, imperative kladda)
- to deal with a messy and sticky (and unpleasant) substance, like some gunk or goo, e.g. by playing with it or smearing it on things
- Han kladdade med lera
- He was messing around with mud
- Han kladdade lera på sin kompis
- He smeared mud on his friend
- Synonym: (often a bit stickier) kleta
- (colloquial) to grope (touch sexually), usually against someone's will
Usage notes
The past participle only exists with a particle such as ned or ner.
Conjugation
Conjugation of kladda (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | kladda | kladdas | ||
| Supine | kladdat | kladdats | ||
| Imperative | kladda | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | kladden | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | kladdar | kladdade | kladdas | kladdades |
| Ind. plural1 | kladda | kladdade | kladdas | kladdades |
| Subjunctive2 | kladde | kladdade | kladdes | kladdades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | kladdande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
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