legitimera

See also: légitimera

Swedish

Etymology

legitim +‎ -era

Verb

legitimera (present legitimerar, preterite legitimerade, supine legitimerat, imperative legitimera)

  1. to legitimize
  2. (reflexive) to identify oneself (usually by showing an ID)
    De legitimerade sig som poliser
    They identified themselves as police officers
    För att komma in på basen måste man legitimera sig
    In order to enter the base, you have to identify yourself
  3. (usually in the past participle "legitimerad") to license (authorize to perform a certain job or the like)
    en legitimerad läkare
    a licensed doctor

Conjugation

Conjugation of legitimera (weak)
active passive
infinitive legitimera legitimeras
supine legitimerat legitimerats
imperative legitimera
imper. plural1 legitimeren
present past present past
indicative legitimerar legitimerade legitimeras legitimerades
ind. plural1 legitimera legitimerade legitimeras legitimerades
subjunctive2 legitimere legitimerade legitimeres legitimerades
present participle legitimerande
past participle legitimerad

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

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