skvala
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]skvala (present skvalar, preterite skvalade, supine skvalat, imperative skvala)
- to flow profusely and noisily (of a liquid)
- Vatten skvalade nedför avloppet i ösregnet
- Water poured down the drain in the pouring rain
- (figuratively) to produce a sound perceived as monotonous, uninteresting, or the like (of for example a radio playing music thought to be unengaging); to drone, drone on
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | skvala | — | ||
| supine | skvalat | — | ||
| imperative | skvala | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | skvalen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | skvalar | skvalade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | skvala | skvalade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | skvale | skvalade | — | — |
| present participle | skvalande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “skvala”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “skvala”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “skvala”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)