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 | befara |
| Present | befarar |
| Past | befarade |
| Imperative | befara |
| Supine | befarat |
Verbs conjugated like 'befara'
abalienera,
abandonnera,
abbreviera,
abdikera,
abila,
ablaktera,
abonnera,
abortera,
abradera,
absentera,
absolvera,
absorbera,
abstrahera,
accedera,
accelerera,
accentera,
accentuera,
acceptera,
accisera,
acklimatisera, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'befara'
bepara,
bevara,
bedaga,
bedåra,
bedarra,
bedra,
bedyra,
befalla,
befärga,
befatta,
Translations
fear, feel fear about (something)
Sample Sentences
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Vi befarar att överlevande kan bli svåra att hitta. (We fear that survivors may be difficult to find.)
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Statsministern befarade att valet kan komma att behöva senareläggas, till en följd av pandemin. (The prime minister feared that the elections might have to be postponed, as a result of the pandemic.)
Additional Information
befara vara rädd för, frukta
[A befarar x/att + S]
Engelsk översättning
fear
Exempel
polisen befarade att pojken hade fallit överbord---the police feared that the boy had fallen overboard
Etymology
1. liksom ä. d.
befare sig, af mnt. sik bevaren l. ä. t. (sich) befahren; jfr fsv.
fara, frukta, samt FARA, sbst., hvilket fordom, liksom ännu i vissa dial. samt i uttr.
det är fara värdt, äfv. betydde fruktan
2. se BE- o. FARA, v. References:
1 2
3. From Middle Low German bevaren or older German befahren, to be- + fara (“danger”) + -a. See: German, old spelling '
befahren'.
Cognates
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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.