spärra in

Swedish

spärra in (present spärrar in, preterite spärrade in, supine spärrat in, imperative spärra in)

to lock up (confine)
Han spärrade in honom på vinden ― He locked him into the attic
(slang) to put in jail
Synonym: bura in
De borde spärra in hela bunten ― They ought to jail the whole bunch

Conjugation of spärra in (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	spärra in		spärras in
Supine	spärrat in		spärrats in
Imperative	spärra in		—
Imper. plural¹	spärren in		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	spärrar in	spärrade in	spärras in	spärrades in
Ind. plural¹	spärra in	spärrade in	spärras in	spärrades in
Subjunctive²	spärre in	spärrade in	spärres in	spärrades in
	Participles
Present participle	inspärrande
Past participle	inspärrad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.