putsa
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]putsa (present putsar, preterite putsade, supine putsat, imperative putsa)
- to polish, to shine (make clean and shiny, usually by rubbing with a cloth (often along with a polishing or cleaning agent))
- putsa skor
- shine shoes
- to clean (sometimes more idiomatic in English)
- Fönsterputsare putsar fönster
- Window cleaners clean windows
- Putsa glasögonen med en putsduk
- Clean the glasses with a cleaning cloth
- to groom (to make even)
- Aporna putsar varandras päls
- The monkeys groom each other's fur
- (figuratively) to polish (make (minor) improvements to)
- Jag ska bara putsa rapporten lite så publicerar vi den sen
- I'm just going to polish the report a bit and then we'll publish it
- Nisse har putsat sin skidteknik sedan förra säsongen
- Nisse has polished his skiing technique since last season
- to plaster
- putsa en vägg med puts
- plaster a wall with plaster
Usage notes
[edit]Sometimes more or less interchangeable with polera in (sense 1). Putsa puts relatively more focus on making clean as opposed to (just) shiny.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of putsa (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | putsa | putsas | ||
Supine | putsat | putsats | ||
Imperative | putsa | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | putsen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | putsar | putsade | putsas | putsades |
Ind. plural1 | putsa | putsade | putsas | putsades |
Subjunctive2 | putse | putsade | putses | putsades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | putsande | |||
Past participle | putsad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- putsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- putsa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- putsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
[edit]Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈput͡ʃaʔ/ [ˈpuː.t͡ʃɐʔ], /ˈput͡ʃa/ [ˈpuː.t͡ʃɐ]
- Rhymes: -ut͡ʃaʔ, (no yod coalescence) -utsaʔ, -ut͡ʃa, (no yod coalescence) -utsa
- Syllabification: put‧sa
Interjection
[edit]putsà or putsa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ) (vulgar, derogatory)
- said in anger or annoyance: fuck; damn
- Synonyms: puta, anak ng puta, putang ina
Noun
[edit]putsà or putsa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ) (vulgar, derogatory)
- term of abuse: cunt
- Synonyms: puta, anak ng puta, putang ina
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “putsa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- “putsa” in Tagalog-English Dictionary, TAGALOG LANG, 2007.
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 115
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- Swedish terms derived from German
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish verbs
- sv:Rub
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- sv:Sports
- Swedish weak verbs
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ut͡ʃaʔ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ut͡ʃaʔ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ut͡ʃa
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ut͡ʃa/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog interjections
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog vulgarities
- Tagalog derogatory terms
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog swear words