smaska
Swedish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare English smash.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²smaska/
- Rhymes: -²aska
Verb
smaska (present smaskar, preterite smaskade, supine smaskat, imperative smaska)
- to eat noisily, to slurp
- 1980, Elsi Rydsjö, När morgonvinden blåser:
- Hon smaskade belåtet av brödet och fläsket.
- She was slurping happily from the bread and the pork.
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- to make a splashing sound
- 1980, Ulla Trenter, Skyddsänglarna:
- Hon släppte ner skurtrasan på golvet så att den smaskade och satte händerna i sidorna.
- She dropped the swab on the floor so that it splashed and put her arms akimbo.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of smaska (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | smaska | smaskas | ||
| Supine | smaskat | smaskats | ||
| Imperative | smaska | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | smasken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | smaskar | smaskade | smaskas | smaskades |
| Ind. plural1 | smaska | smaskade | smaskas | smaskades |
| Subjunctive2 | smaske | smaskade | smaskes | smaskades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | smaskande | |||
| Past participle | smaskad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
- smaskens
- smaskig
References
- smaska in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Anagrams
- maskas