konstatera

Borrowed from French constater

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konstatera (present konstaterar, preterite konstaterade, supine konstaterat, imperative konstatera)

1. to note (as a fact)

   Två tåg kolliderade. Här kan man konstatera att något gått allvarligt fel.

   Two trains collided. Something has obviously gone seriously wrong.

   (literally, “Here one can note as a fact that something has gone seriously wrong.”)

   De sprang in i valvet och konstaterade att diamanten var borta

   They ran into the vault and found that the diamond was gone

   (literally, “They ran into the vault and noted as a fact that the diamond was gone”)

   "Den är borta!", konstaterade Nisse

   "It's gone!", said Nisse

   (literally, “"It's gone!", Nisse noted as a fact”)

   Läkaren konstaterade att hon hade cancer

   The doctor diagnosed her with cancer

   (literally, “The doctor noted as a fact that she had cancer [after carrying out medical tests or the like]”)

   misstänkt eller konstaterad rabies

   suspected or confirmed rabies

   (literally, “suspected or noted as a fact rabies [after carrying out medical tests or the like]”)

Often needs rewriting to sound natural in English. See Reverso Context in the references for more examples.

• fastställa

• konstatera in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• konstatera in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• konstatera in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Reverso Context