skvätta
Swedish
Verb
skvätta (present skvätter, preterite skvätte, supine skvätt, imperative skvätt)
- (sometimes impersonal) to splash (onto something), to scatter
- Hon skvätte vatten på sin kompis
- She splashed water on her friend
- Det skvätte vatten överallt när glaset krossades
- Water splashed everywhere when the glass shattered
- Det skvätte om hunden som skakade på sig
- The shaking dog was splashing water all around
- Vi måste lära katten att inte skvätta kattsand
- We must teach the cat not to scatter kitty litter
Usage notes
Primarily about liquids. Sometimes in an extended sense about non-liquids that might sensibly "splash," like sand, powder, etc.
Related terms
- skvätt (“a splash, a dash”)
See also
- stänka (“to splash, to spatter”)
Noun
skvätta c
- Synonym of buskskvätta (“whinchat (bird)”)
- Synonym of stenskvätta (“northern wheatear (bird)”)
Declension
| Declension of skvätta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | skvätta | skvättan | skvättor | skvättorna |
| Genitive | skvättas | skvättans | skvättors | skvättornas |
References
- skvätta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skvätta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skvätta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)