bogsera

Swedish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boegseren, from Portuguese puxar (“to pull”).

Verb

bogsera (present bogserar, preterite bogserade, supine bogserat, imperative bogsera)

1. to tow, to haul

   hjälpa våren på traven genom att bogsera bort ett isflak

   helping spring along by towing away an ice floe

   1. to tug (with a tugboat)

Usage notes

• As a rule of thumb, bogsera implies that the thing being towed (or the object of the verb) is the thing that needs to be transported (rather than something loaded on it or the like), and so is the natural verb for towing a disabled vehicle or the like. For towing a trailer or the like, dra (“pull”) sounds better.
• As an exception to the above, bogsera is idiomatic for towing a barge without its own means of propulsion.
• Compare bärga (“salvage”).

Conjugation

Conjugation of bogsera (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	bogsera		bogseras
supine	bogserat		bogserats
imperative	bogsera		—
imper. plural1	bogseren		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	bogserar	bogserade	bogseras	bogserades
ind. plural1	bogsera	bogserade	bogseras	bogserades
subjunctive2	bogsere	bogserade	bogseres	bogserades
present participle		bogserande
past participle		bogserad

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

Derived terms

• bogserbåt
• bogserlina
• bogsertross

Related terms

• bogserare
• bogsering

Descendants

• → Meänkieli: pukseerata

See also

• bärga
• på släp

References

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