spela

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See also: spelâ

Italian

Verb

spela

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German spelen, spillen.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to play
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

spela n

  1. definite plural of spel

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse spila, from Proto-Germanic *spilōną, spel +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /speːla/
  • audio:(file)

Verb

spela

  1. to play; a game, a tune, a melody, an instrument or a role
  2. to gamble
  3. 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
Participles
Present participle spelande
Past participle spelad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

Westrobothnian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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  1. To sing[1]
    Han spela heelä vajen han for
    He sang throughout the entire journey.
  2. To be about; deal with.[1]
    Hä spela óm livä
    It is vital.
    Hä jär ospela óm hä
    That has not been settled.
  3. To winch.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rietz, Johan Ernst, “spela”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 655
  2. ^ Sandberg Herny, Sandberg Ingrid, ed., I åol leist: ordlista på kalixmål, sådant det talades på 1990-talet, p. 100
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