spreta
Italian
[edit]Verb
[edit]spreta
- inflection of spretarsi:
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[edit]Latin
[edit]Participle
[edit]sprēta
- inflection of sprētus:
Participle
[edit]sprētā
Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]spreta (present spretar, preterite spretade, supine spretat, imperative spreta)
- to spread (limbs or fingers) out and apart stiffly, to sprawl, to splay
- att spreta med fingrarna
- to spread one's fingers wide
- to stick out (in different directions)
- Håret spretade åt alla håll
- His hair was sticking out in all directions
- spretande taggar på en sjöborre
- spines on a sea urchin that stick out in different directions
- (figuratively) to go all over the place (be unfocused)
- Filmen spretar åt alla möjliga håll
- The movie goes all over the place
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | spreta | spretas | ||
| supine | spretat | spretats | ||
| imperative | spreta | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | spreten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | spretar | spretade | spretas | spretades |
| ind. plural1 | spreta | spretade | spretas | spretades |
| subjunctive2 | sprete | spretade | spretes | spretades |
| present participle | spretande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- skreva (“spread one's legs apart”)