belasta

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

belasta

  1. inflection of belaste:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Swedish

Etymology

From German belasten. Equivalent to be- +‎ lasta. Cognate with Danish belaste and Dutch belasten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛˈlasta/
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Verb

belasta (present belastar, preterite belastade, supine belastat, imperative belasta)

  1. to subject to a (physical or more abstract) load
    Bron tål inte att belastas med så många bilar
    The bridge can't support that many cars ("can't withstand being loaded/burdened by that many cars")
  2. to burden (socially or physically)
    Han ville inte belasta dom med sina problem
    He didn't want to burden them with his problems
    Han är tungt kriminellt belastad
    He has a serious criminal record ("He is heavily criminally burdened")
  3. to charge (money, from an account)
    Synonym: debitera
    belasta ett konto
    charge an account

Conjugation

Conjugation of belasta (weak)
active passive
infinitive belasta belastas
supine belastat belastats
imperative belasta —
imper. plural1 belasten —
present past present past
indicative belastar belastade belastas belastades
ind. plural1 belasta belastade belastas belastades
subjunctive2 belaste belastade belastes belastades
present participle belastande
past participle belastad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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