spetsa
Swedish
Etymology
spets (“tip, point”) + -a
Verb
spetsa (present spetsar, preterite spetsade, supine spetsat, imperative spetsa)
- to impale, to spike (penetrate with something sharp)
- Många blev spetsade av Vlad Pålspetsaren
- Many people were impaled by Vlad the Impaler
- Han föll fem meter och spetsades på ett staket
- He fell five meters and was impaled on a fence
- to spike, to lace, to fortify (with alcohol or some other drug)
- Han spetsade sitt kaffe med whisky
- He spiked his coffee with whiskey
- to sharpen, to point
- spetsade pålar
- sharpened stakes
Conjugation
Conjugation of spetsa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | spetsa | spetsas | ||
| Supine | spetsat | spetsats | ||
| Imperative | spetsa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | spetsen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | spetsar | spetsade | spetsas | spetsades |
| Ind. plural1 | spetsa | spetsade | spetsas | spetsades |
| Subjunctive2 | spetse | spetsade | spetses | spetsades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | spetsande | |||
| Past participle | spetsad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
- spetsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- spetsa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- spetsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)