vitmena

Swedish

vitemenad ladugård med faluröd påbyggnad

Etymology

vit +‎ mena

Verb

vitmena (present vitmenar, preterite vitmenade, supine vitmenat, imperative vitmena)

1. to whitewash, to paint white (with lime)

   Synonym: vitkalka

2. to whitewash, to make something appear cleaner or more orderly than it really is

   Den ena sidan vitmenar dem, urskuldar alla extrema yttranden och menar att de sedan länge tagit avstånd från våldet

   One side whitewashes them, pardons all extreme statements and means that they have long since distanced themselves from violence

Conjugation

Conjugation of vitmena (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	vitmena		vitmenas
Supine	vitmenat		vitmenats
Imperative	vitmena		—
Imper. plural1	vitmenen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	vitmenar	vitmenade	vitmenas	vitmenades
Ind. plural1	vitmena	vitmenade	vitmenas	vitmenades
Subjunctive2	vitmene	vitmenade	vitmenes	vitmenades
	Participles
Present participle	vitmenande
Past participle	vitmenad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• vitmena in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vitmena in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vitmena in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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