kladda

See also: klädda

Swedish

kladda (present kladdar, preterite kladdade, supine kladdat, imperative kladda)

to deal with a messy and sticky (and unpleasant) substance, like some gunk or goo, for example by playing with it or smearing it on things
Synonym: (often a bit stickier) kleta

Han kladdade med lera
He was messing around with mud

Han kladdade lera på sin kompis
He smeared mud on his friend
(colloquial) to grope (touch sexually), usually against someone's will
Synonyms: tafsa, talla, (molest) antasta

en äcklig snubbe som kladdar på tjejer
a gross guy who gropes girls

The past participle only exists with a particle such as ned or ner.

Conjugation of kladda (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	kladda		kladdas
Supine	kladdat		kladdats
Imperative	kladda		—
Imper. plural¹	kladden		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	kladdar	kladdade	kladdas	kladdades
Ind. plural¹	kladda	kladdade	kladdas	kladdades
Subjunctive²	kladde	kladdade	kladdes	kladdades
	Participles
Present participle	kladdande
Past participle	—
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.