fräsa
Swedish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]fräsa (present fräser, preterite fräste, supine fräst, imperative fräs)
- to make a sound (somewhat) like water hitting something red-hot; to sizzle, to hiss
- Baconet och katten fräste
- The bacon sizzled and the cat hissed
- stänka vatten på ett bastuaggregat så att det fräser
- splash water on a sauna stove so that it sizzles/hisses
- to snap
- "Gör det själv!" fräste han
- "Do it yourself!" he snapped ("hissed" – think an angry cat)
- to do something that (normally) makes such a sound, sometimes more or less figuratively
- to sizzle, to sauté
- Fräs löken i 5-7 minuter
- Sauté the onions for 5-7 minutes
- (colloquial) to whiz, to zoom, etc. (speed)
- En racerbåt fräste förbi
- A speedboat zoomed [sizzled, hissed] by
- Norskan kom från ingenstans och fräste förbi de andra åkarna på upploppet
- The [female] Norwegian came out of nowhere and whizzed past the other skiers on the home stretch
- to sizzle, to sauté
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fräsa | fräsas | ||
| supine | fräst | frästs | ||
| imperative | fräs | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | fräsen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | fräser | fräste | fräses | frästes |
| ind. plural1 | fräsa | fräste | fräsas | frästes |
| subjunctive2 | fräse | fräste | fräses | frästes |
| present participle | fräsande | |||
| past participle | fräst | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- väsa (hiss like a snake)
Etymology 2
[edit]fräs (“mill, cutter, tiller, cultivator”) + -a
Verb
[edit]fräsa (present fräser, preterite fräste, supine fräst, imperative fräs)
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fräsa | fräsas | ||
| supine | fräst | frästs | ||
| imperative | fräs | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | fräsen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | fräser | fräste | fräses | frästes |
| ind. plural1 | fräsa | fräste | fräsas | frästes |
| subjunctive2 | fräse | fräste | fräses | frästes |
| present participle | fräsande | |||
| past participle | fräst | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.