spreta

Italian

Verb

spreta

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

Anagrams

• pestar, presta, sterpa

Latin

Participle

sprēta

1. inflection of sprētus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

sprētā

1. ablative feminine singular of sprētus

Swedish

Verb

spreta (present spretar, preterite spretade, supine spretat, imperative spreta)

1. to spread (limbs or fingers) out and apart stiffly, to sprawl, to splay

   att spreta med fingrarna

   to spread one's fingers wide

2. to stick out (in different directions)

   Håret spretade åt alla håll

   His hair was sticking out in all directions

   spretande taggar på en sjöborre

   spines on a sea urchin that stick out in different directions

3. (figuratively) to go all over the place (be unfocused)

   Filmen spretar åt alla möjliga håll

   The movie goes all over the place

Conjugation

Conjugation of spreta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	spreta		spretas
Supine	spretat		spretats
Imperative	spreta		—
Imper. plural1	spreten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	spretar	spretade	spretas	spretades
Ind. plural1	spreta	spretade	spretas	spretades
Subjunctive2	sprete	spretade	spretes	spretades
	Participles
Present participle	spretande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• spretig

See also

• skreva (“spread one's legs apart”)

References

• spreta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spreta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• spreta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)