UrsprungFrom lätt (“light”) + -a, in the sense of "make/become lighter."
- intransitiveto ease, to lighten, to loosen (concretely or abstractly)
“trycket lättade” — the pressure eased
“lätta på gaspedalen” — ease up on the accelerator
“lätta på bördan” — lighten the burden
- to subside (of a storm or the like)
“Stormen lättade” — The storm subsided
- intransitiveto take off (from the ground, from notion of becoming so "light" so as to take off)
“Flygplanet lättade” — The airplane took off
- definite, form-of, singulardefinite singular
- form-of, pluralplural
Formerlättar(present) · lättade(preterite) · lättat(supine) · lätta(imperative) · lätta(active, infinitive) · lättas(infinitive, passive) · lättat(active, supine) · lättats(passive, supine) · lätta(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · lätten(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · lättar(active, indicative, present) · lättade(active, indicative, past) · lättas(indicative, passive, present) · lättades(indicative, passive, past) · lätta(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · lättade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · lättas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · lättades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)