haffa
Swedish
Verb
haffa (present haffar, preterite haffade, supine haffat, imperative haffa)
- (slang) to catch criminals
- De haffades av polisen
- They were caught by the police
- (slang) to (quickly) seize (something, by grabbing it)
- Han sprang ut och haffade ett slagträ på vägen när han såg zombierna närma sig huset
- He ran out and grabbed a bat on the way when he saw the zombies approach the house
- (slang, figuratively) to catch, to get hold of
- De haffade en taxi
- They caught a taxi
- Han försökte haffa en tjej
- He tried to pick up a girl
Conjugation
Conjugation of haffa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | haffa | haffas | ||
| Supine | haffat | haffats | ||
| Imperative | haffa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | haffen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | haffar | haffade | haffas | haffades |
| Ind. plural1 | haffa | haffade | haffas | haffades |
| Subjunctive2 | haffe | haffade | haffes | haffades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | haffande | |||
| Past participle | haffad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
- haffa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- haffa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- haffa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)