skvätta
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]skvätta (present skvätter, preterite skvätte, supine skvätt, imperative skvätt)
- (sometimes impersonal) to splash (onto something), to scatter
- Hon skvätte vatten på sin kompis
- She splashed water on her friend
- Det skvätte vatten överallt när glaset krossades
- Water splashed everywhere when the glass shattered
- Det skvätte om hunden som skakade på sig
- The shaking dog was splashing water all around
- Vi måste lära katten att inte skvätta kattsand
- We must teach the cat not to scatter kitty litter
Usage notes
[edit]Mainly of liquids. Sometimes in an extended sense of non-liquids that might sensibly "splash," like sand, powder, etc.
Related terms
[edit]- skvätt (“a splash, a dash”)
See also
[edit]- stänka (“to splash, to spatter”)
Noun
[edit]skvätta c
- Synonym of buskskvätta (“whinchat (bird)”)
- Synonym of stenskvätta (“northern wheatear (bird)”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of skvätta