Synonyms: affect, influence, impinge, shape, bias
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /sweɪ̯/ |
| Hyphenation | sway |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑕𐑢𐑱 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐑅𐐶𐐩 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) sway | (I) swayed |
| (thou) swayest | (thou) swayedst |
| (he) sways, swayeth | (he) swayed |
| (we) sway | (we) swayed |
| (you) sway | (you) swayed |
| (they) sway | (they) swayed |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) sway | (I) swayed |
| (thou) sway | (thou) swayed |
| (he) sway | (he) swayed |
| (we) sway | (we) swayed |
| (you) sway | (you) swayed |
| (they) sway | (they) swayed |
| Imperative mood | |
| sway | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| swaying | swayed |
| Afrikaans | beïnvloed |
|---|---|
| Catalan | influir |
| Dutch | beïnvloeden |
| Esperanto | influi |
| French | influer |
| German | beeinflussen |
| Luxemburgish | beaflossen |
| Malay | aruh … mempengaruhi |
| Papiamento | influenshá; influensiá |
| Polish | wpływać |
| Portuguese | influenciar |
| Russian | влиять |
| Saterland Frisian | be‐ienfloudje; Ienfloud hääbe ap; ienwierkje |
| Spanish | influir |
| Swedish | påverka |
| West Frisian | beynfloedzje |
| Yiddish | באַאײַנפֿלוסן |