tappa andan
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tappa (“lose”) + andan (“one's breath”).
Verb
[edit]tappa andan (present tappar andan, preterite tappade andan, supine tappat andan, imperative tappa andan)
- to become breathless (e.g. due to getting punched in the stomach, laughing hard, or figuratively from seeing something that stirs strong emotions)
- Landskapet de såg när de kom ut ur grottan fick dom att tappa andan
- The landscape they saw when they emerged from the cave made them breathless
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tappa andan | — | ||
| supine | tappat andan | — | ||
| imperative | tappa andan | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | tappen andan | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | tappar andan | tappade andan | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | tappa andan | tappade andan | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | tappe andan | tappade andan | — | — |
| present participle | — | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
See also
[edit]- tappa hakan (“have one's jaw drop”)