hushålla
Swedish
Verb
hushålla (present hushållar, preterite hushållade, supine hushållat, imperative hushålla)
- to keep house (take care of domestic chores)
- to (frugally) manage (some (limited) resource), (often) to conserve, to economize
- hushålla med ändliga resurser
- manage finite resources
- lära barnen att hushålla med pengar
- teach children to manage money / be economical
- hushålla med el
- conserve electricity
Usage notes
A strong conjugation like for hålla also occurs, from interpreting the word as hus + hålla.
Conjugation
Conjugation of hushålla (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | hushålla | hushållas | ||
| Supine | hushållat | hushållats | ||
| Imperative | hushålla | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | hushållen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | hushållar | hushållade | hushållas | hushållades |
| Ind. plural1 | hushålla | hushållade | hushållas | hushållades |
| Subjunctive2 | hushålle | hushållade | hushålles | hushållades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | hushållande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
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