styla
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]styla (present stylar, preterite stylade, supine stylat, imperative styla)
- to style (give a certain (appealing (and fashionable)) appearance)
- styla håret
- style one's hair
- homestyling
- home staging (making a property look nice in preparation for selling it – pseudo-anglicism)
- (figuratively) to style (change (to make more attractive))
- styla om politiken för att tilltala fler
- restyle one's political policies to appeal to more people
- (colloquial) to do something (more or less superfluous) to show off
- Han körde i diket när han sladdade med bilen för att styla för kompisarna
- He drove into the ditch when he drifted his car to show off to ("style for") his friends
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | styla | stylas | ||
| supine | stylat | stylats | ||
| imperative | styla | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | stylen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | stylar | stylade | stylas | stylades |
| ind. plural1 | styla | stylade | stylas | stylades |
| subjunctive2 | style | stylade | styles | stylades |
| present participle | stylande | |||
| past participle | stylad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.