spetsa
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]spetsa (present spetsar, preterite spetsade, supine spetsat, imperative spetsa)
- to impale, to spike (penetrate with something sharp)
- Många blev spetsade av Vlad Pålspetsaren
- Many people were impaled by Vlad the Impaler
- Han föll fem meter och spetsades på ett staket
- He fell five meters and was impaled on a fence
- to spike, to lace, to fortify (with alcohol or some other drug)
- Han spetsade sitt kaffe med whisky
- He spiked his coffee with whiskey
- to sharpen, to point
- spetsade pålar
- sharpened stakes
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | spetsa | spetsas | ||
| supine | spetsat | spetsats | ||
| imperative | spetsa | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | spetsen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | spetsar | spetsade | spetsas | spetsades |
| ind. plural1 | spetsa | spetsade | spetsas | spetsades |
| subjunctive2 | spetse | spetsade | spetses | spetsades |
| present participle | spetsande | |||
| past participle | spetsad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.