smaska
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Onomatopoeic. Compare English smash.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]smaska (present smaskar, preterite smaskade, supine smaskat, imperative smaska)
- to eat noisily (due to chewing with one's mouth open)
- Sluta smaska!
- Stop chewing with your mouth open!
- (by extension) to munch (on something tasty)
- Hon smaskade på en skinkmacka
- She munched on a ham sandwich
- 1980, Elsi Rydsjö, När morgonvinden blåser:
- Hon smaskade belåtet av brödet och fläsket.
- She was slurping happily from the bread and the pork.
- (now rare) to make a squelching sound
- 1980, Ulla Trenter, Skyddsänglarna:
- Hon släppte ner skurtrasan på golvet så att den smaskade och satte händerna i sidorna.
- She dropped the swab on the floor so that it squelched and put her arms akimbo.
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | smaska | smaskas | ||
| supine | smaskat | smaskats | ||
| imperative | smaska | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | smasken | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | smaskar | smaskade | smaskas | smaskades |
| ind. plural1 | smaska | smaskade | smaskas | smaskades |
| subjunctive2 | smaske | smaskade | smaskes | smaskades |
| present participle | smaskande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- smaska in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- smaska in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- smaska in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- smaska in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)