ångra

See also: angra

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish angra, from Old Norse angra (to grieve, to vex, to distress), equivalent to ånger +‎ -a. Compare Danish angre, Norwegian angre, English anger.

Pronunciation

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Verb

ångra (present ångrar, preterite ångrade, supine ångrat, imperative ångra)

  1. (transitive or reflexive) to regret
    • 1879, August Strindberg, Röda rummet [The Red Room]‎[1], Jos. Seligmann & Co:s förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 13 October 2025:
      Ni kommer att ångra det! Tro mig!
      You will regret it! Believe me!
    • 1905, Hjalmar Söderberg, Doktor Glas [Doctor Glas]‎[2], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 13 October 2025:
      Jag ångrar ingenting, inte ens mitt giftermål.
      I regret nothing, not even my marriage.
    • 1953, Astrid Lindgren, Kati i Paris [Kati in Paris]‎[3], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Lunds universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 14 October 2025:
      "Gör det inte, Peter", sa jag. "Det blir så dyrt, och du bara ångrar dig efteråt."
      "Don't do it, Peter," I said. "It'll be so expensive, and you'll only regret it later."
    • 2000, 1973 års bibelkommission [The Swedish Bible Commission of 1973], “1 Sam. 15:35”, in Bibel 2000[4], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 13 October 2025:
      Och Herren ångrade att han hade gjort Saul till kung över Israel.
      And the Lord regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
  2. (transitive or reflexive) to repent
    • 1997, Anders Piltz, “Guds avglans i människans ansikte [The Reflection of God in the Human Face]”, in Signum[5], number 9, archived from the original on 14 October 2025:
      Någon säger kanske: 'Då räcker det med kärleken, man behöver inte ångra sig.'
      Someone might say: "Then love is enough; there's no need to repent."
    • 1998, Mohammed Knut Bernström, transl., “al-A'raf 7:94”, in Koranens budskap [The Message of the Quran][6], Proprius förlag, accessed at Quran.com, archived from the original on 14 October 2025:
      Vi har aldrig sänt en profet till ett land utan att sätta dess folk på prov genom olyckor och elände, för att få dem att ödmjuka sig [och ångra sina synder].
      We have never sent a prophet to a land without testing its people through misfortunes and misery, so that they may humble themselves [and repent of their sins].
    • 2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes [Catechism of the Catholic Church]‎[7], Catholica, archived from the original on 14 October 2025, §674:
      "Ångra er därför och vänd om, så att era synder blir utplånade."
      "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out."
  3. (transitive) to undo, to cancel
    Tryck på Ctrl+Z för att ångra en åtgärd.
    Press Ctrl+Z to undo an action.
    • 2010 October 29, The Swedish Consumer Agency, “Ångerrätt [Right of withdrawal]”, in Sveriges Radio[8], archived from the original on 14 October 2025:
      [Lagen kräver] att säljaren ska ge dig tydlig information om hur du kan ångra ditt köp.
      The law requires sellers to provide you with clear information on how to cancel your purchase.
  4. (reflexive) to change one's mind
    Synonym: ändra sig
    • 1891, Selma Lagerlöf, Gösta Berlings saga [The Saga of Gösta Berling]‎[9], Frithiof Hellbergs förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 14 October 2025:
      Han lägger bössan till kinden och är just i färd att skjuta, men så ångrar han sig.
      He puts the gun to his cheek and is just about to shoot, but then he changes his mind.
    • 1945, Frans G. Bengtsson, Röde Orm [The Long Ships]‎[10], Norstedt & Söners förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 14 October 2025:
      [De kan] ångra sig och komma tillbaka.
      They might change their minds and come back.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ångra (weak)
active passive
infinitive ångra ångras
supine ångrat ångrats
imperative ångra
imper. plural1 ångren
present past present past
indicative ångrar ångrade ångras ångrades
ind. plural1 ångra ångrade ångras ångrades
subjunctive2 ångre ångrade ångres ångrades
present participle ångrande
past participle ångrad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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