finputsa
Swedish
Etymology
fin (“fine”) + putsa (“polish, shine”)
Verb
finputsa (present finputsar, preterite finputsade, supine finputsat, imperative finputsa)
- to polish (away smaller irregularities or impurities)
- (figuratively) to fine-tune, to polish, to hone, to put the finishing touches on
Conjugation
Conjugation of finputsa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | finputsa | finputsas | ||
| Supine | finputsat | finputsats | ||
| Imperative | finputsa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | finputsen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | finputsar | finputsade | finputsas | finputsades |
| Ind. plural1 | finputsa | finputsade | finputsas | finputsades |
| Subjunctive2 | finputse | finputsade | finputses | finputsades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | finputsande | |||
| Past participle | finputsad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
- finputsning
See also
- finslipa
References
- finputsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- finputsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)