tatuera

See also: tatuerà

Swedish

Etymology

First part is a borrowing from a Polynesian language, e.g. Samoan tatau (“tattoo; to tap, to strike”), second part is native common suffix -era. First part is likely to have gone through another European language e.g. French, German or English before it ended up in Swedish, hence probably not a direct loan from Polynesian. Compare Danish tatovere, German tätowieren, French tatouer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tatɵˈeːra/

Verb

tatuera (present tatuerar, preterite tatuerade, supine tatuerat, imperative tatuera)

1. (transitive, often with in (“in”)) to tattoo
2. (reflexive) to get a tattoo

   Jag ska åka in till stan och tatuera mig.

   I'm going into town to get a tattoo.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tatuera (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	tatuera		tatueras
Supine	tatuerat		tatuerats
Imperative	tatuera		—
Imper. plural1	tatueren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tatuerar	tatuerade	tatueras	tatuerades
Ind. plural1	tatuera	tatuerade	tatueras	tatuerades
Subjunctive2	tatuere	tatuerade	tatueres	tatuerades
	Participles
Present participle	tatuerande
Past participle	tatuerad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• gadda (slang)

Derived terms

• tatuera in
• tatuerare
• tatuering
• tatueringsapparat

References

• tatuera in Svensk ordbok (SO)