rapporterar

Rapporterar is the present tense form of the Swedish verb rapportera, meaning to report or to file a report. The term is used to describe the act of conveying information, findings, or events from one person or organization to others. It appears across many contexts, including journalism, public administration, business, and research.

In usage, rapportera denotes both regular reporting of ongoing events and the act of submitting formal information. Examples include a journalist who reports from the scene, a company that reports quarterly results, or an agency that reports safety statistics. It can also refer to reporting a fault or an error to a service desk or to an authority.

Linguistically, rapportera is a regular -era verb. The present tense forms include jag rapporterar, du rapporterar, han rapporterar, vi rapporterar, ni rapporterar, de rapporterar. The infinitive is rapportera, the past tense rapporterade, and the supine rapporterat. The present participle is rapporterande, and passive forms are expressed with rapporteras or with a perfect passive as rapports, as in rapporten har rapporterats till myndigheten. The choice of form depends on tense and voice, but the core idea remains the transmission of information from a source to an audience.