sminka en gris
Swedish
Verb
sminka en gris (present sminkar en gris, preterite sminkade en gris, supine sminkat en gris, imperative sminka en gris)
- (idiomatic) to put lipstick on a pig (try to make something unappealing seem more appealing)
Conjugation
Conjugation of sminka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | sminka en gris | sminkas en gris | ||
| Supine | sminkat en gris | sminkats en gris | ||
| Imperative | sminka en gris | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | sminken en gris | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | sminkar en gris | sminkade en gris | sminkas en gris | sminkades en gris |
| Ind. plural1 | sminka en gris | sminkade en gris | sminkas en gris | sminkades en gris |
| Subjunctive2 | sminke en gris | sminkade en gris | sminkes en gris | sminkades en gris |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | — | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
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