vitmena

Swedish

Etymology

vit +‎ mena

Verb

vitmena (present vitmenar, preterite vitmenade, supine vitmenat, imperative vitmena)

  1. to whitewash, to paint white (with lime)
    Synonym: vitkalka
  2. to whitewash, to make something appear cleaner or more orderly than it really is
    Den ena sidan vitmenar dem, urskuldar alla extrema yttranden och menar att de sedan länge tagit avstånd från våldet
    One side whitewashes them, pardons all extreme statements and means that they have long since distanced themselves from violence

Conjugation

Conjugation of vitmena (weak)
active passive
infinitive vitmena vitmenas
supine vitmenat vitmenats
imperative vitmena —
imper. plural1 vitmenen —
present past present past
indicative vitmenar vitmenade vitmenas vitmenades
ind. plural1 vitmena vitmenade vitmenas vitmenades
subjunctive2 vitmene vitmenade vitmenes vitmenades
present participle vitmenande
past participle vitmenad

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

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