hispa
Spanish
Verb
hispa
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of hispir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of hispir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of hispir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of hispir.
Swedish
Etymology
From Tavringer Romani hispa (“small house, cottage”), probably a borrowing from Slovene jìspa (“small house, cottage”) or some other Slavic language.
Pronunciation
Noun
hispa c
- (slang) mental hospital
- 1997, Björn Ranelid, Till alla människor på jorden och i himlen:
- Gretas morsa är sinnessjuk. Hon är en dåre som sitter bakom låsta dörrar på hispan.
- Greta’s mum is mentally ill. She is a lunatic who sits behind locked doors in the cuckoo’s nest.
Usage notes
- Usually in the phrase på hispan.
Declension
Declension of hispa | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hispa | hispan | hispor | hisporna |
Genitive | hispas | hispans | hispors | hispornas |
Derived terms
References
- hispa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- Gerd Carling (2005) “hispa”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 82
Categories:
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ir
- Swedish terms borrowed from Tavringer Romani
- Swedish terms derived from Tavringer Romani
- Swedish terms derived from Slovene
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- Rhymes:Swedish/²ɪspa
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish slang
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