In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | tåla |
| Present | tåler; tål |
| Past | tålde |
| Imperative | tåla |
| Supine | tålt |
Verbs similar to 'tåla'
ala,
åtala,
bala,
dala,
fala,
gala,
hala,
kala,
mala,
sala,
Translations
abide, bear patiently; tolerate
absorb, to endure
take, to endure
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- uthärda
- tolerera
Sample Sentences
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Jag tål honom inte (I can't stand him)
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Många tål inte jordnötter (Many people can't tolerate peanuts)
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Jag tål inte hettan här (I can't bear the heat here)
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– Blir du inte ledsen av deras taskiga kommentarer? – Oroa dig inte, jag tål det. (– Don't their mean comments make you sad? – Don't worry, I can take it.)
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Man måste tåla smärtan (You have to endure ("be able to tolerate") the pain)
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Jag tror inte mattan tål maskintvätt (I don't think the carpet is machine washable ("can take machine washing"))
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Våra priser tål att jämföras (Our prices stand comparison (with others'))
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en film som tål att ses om och om igen (a movie that can be ("that withstands being") watched over and over again / that bears being watched over and over again)
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Det tål att sägas igen (It is worth saying again / It bears being said again)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. þola; jfr fd. tholæ (d. tåle), nor.
tåle, fvn., isl. þola, got. þulan, fsax. tholian, tholon, mlt. dülden, fht. dolēn (t. dulden), feng. þolian (eng. thole); till en rot med bet.: lyfta, bära. — Jfr DILATERA, v.
2, SUPERLATIV, adj., SÅR-TÅL, SÅR-TÅLA, SÅR-TÅLANDE, SÅR-TÅLE, TALENT, sbst.
2, TOLERERA, TÅL, TÅLSAM References:
1
2. From Old Swedish þola, from Old Norse þola, from Proto-Germanic *þulāną, from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-. See: Old Swedish '
þola', Proto-Germanic '
*þulāną'.
Verbs referencing "tåla"
Icelandic
þola.
Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.