smöra
Swedish
Etymology
From smör (“butter”) + -a.
Verb
smöra (present smörar, preterite smörade, supine smörat, imperative smöra)
- (colloquial) to flatter; to suck up
- Han smörade för chefen ― He sucked up to his boss
- to butter (a baking sheet or the like)
Usage notes
- The target of the sucking up follows the preposition för.
- Idiomatically, breda (or more commonly the apocopic form bre) is used rather than smöra for buttering a sandwich. In an expanded sense, "att bre en macka/smörgås" also means to make a (buttered) sandwich, including adding any fillings or toppings.
Conjugation
Conjugation of smöra (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | smöra | smöras | ||
| Supine | smörat | smörats | ||
| Imperative | smöra | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | smören | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | smörar | smörade | smöras | smörades |
| Ind. plural1 | smöra | smörade | smöras | smörades |
| Subjunctive2 | smöre | smörade | smöres | smörades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | smörande | |||
| Past participle | smörad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
See also
- breda (“to spread”)
- smickra (“to flatter”)
References
- smöra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- smöra in Svensk ordbok (SO)