skyffla
Swedish
Verb
skyffla (present skyfflar, preterite skyfflade, supine skyfflat, imperative skyffla)
- to shovel (move (something) with a shovel or similar tool)
- att skyffla gödsel ― to shovel manure
- Synonym: (in order to remove) skotta
- (often with a particle like in (“in”) or undan (“away”)) to shove (e.g. food into one's mouth), to push (away, e.g. to clear a floor)
- Han skyfflade in mat i munnen
- He shoved food into his mouth
- Han skyfflade undan leksakerna från golvet med foten
- He cleared the toys from the floor with his foot
- (figuratively) to move (something more or less abstract)
- Han försökte skyffla över ansvaret på andra
- He tried to shuffle off ("shovel") the responsibility onto others
- Fångarna skyfflades runt mellan olika anstalter
- The prisoners were shuffled ("shoveled") between different institutions
Conjugation
Conjugation of skyffla (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | skyffla | skyfflas | ||
| Supine | skyfflat | skyfflats | ||
| Imperative | skyffla | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | skyfflen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | skyfflar | skyfflade | skyfflas | skyfflades |
| Ind. plural1 | skyffla | skyfflade | skyfflas | skyfflades |
| Subjunctive2 | skyffle | skyfflade | skyffles | skyfflades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | skyfflande | |||
| Past participle | skyfflad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
- skyffel (“shovel”)
References
- skyffla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skyffla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)