spela

See also: spelâ and Špela

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspe.la/
Rhymes: -ela
Hyphenation: spé‧la

Verb

spela

inflection of spelare:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German spelen, spillen.

Alternative forms

spele (e-infinitive)
spållå (dialect)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²speːlɑ/

Verb

spela (present tense spelar/speler, past tense spela/spelte, past participle spela/spelt, passive infinitive spelast, present participle spelande, imperative spela/spel)

to play

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

spela n

definite plural of spel

References

“spela” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse spila, borrowed from Middle Low German spillen, from Old Saxon spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn. Equivalent to spel +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²speːla/
Audio: (file)

Verb

spela (present spelar, preterite spelade, supine spelat, imperative spela)

to play; a game, a tune, a melody, an instrument or a role
to gamble
to wind (ropes and such)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *spela* (weak)
	active		passive
infinitive	spela		spelas
supine	spelat		spelats
imperative	spela		—
imper. plural¹	spelen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	spelar	spelade	spelas	spelades
ind. plural¹	spela	spelade	spelas	spelades
subjunctive²	spele	spelade	speles	spelades

present participle		spelande
past participle		spelad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Finnish: pelata

References

“spela”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“spela”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“spela”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)