spola

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See also: spolą and spóla

Italian

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Etymology

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From Old French spole, espole, from Middle Dutch spoele, from Old Dutch *spōla, *spuola, from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ (spool). More at spool.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspɔ.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɔla
  • Hyphenation: spò‧la

Noun

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spola f (plural spole)

  1. shuttle (in weaving and in transportation)
  2. bobbin
  3. spool

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Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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spola (Cyrillic spelling спола)

  1. genitive singular of spol

Swedish

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Etymology

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Probably from Middle Low German spölen. Compare the older byform spöla. The back vowel could stem from Low German past forms with Rückumlaut. Alternatively it could be from Middle Dutch influence. In either case from Proto-West Germanic *spōlijan. Cognate with Danish spule, Norwegian Bokmål spyle, Norwegian Nynorsk spyla, and further Dutch spoelen, German spülen.

Verb

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spola (present spolar, preterite spolade, supine spolat, imperative spola)

  1. (often with a particle, especially av (off)) to flush (let water (or another liquid) flow over, usually in order clean, and usually at pressure), (when cleaning) to wash, to hose off, to rinse, etc.
    Han spolade av altanen
    He hosed off the deck
  2. to flush (a toilet)
    spola toaletten
    flush the toilet
    Du glömde spola
    You forgot to flush
  3. (figuratively) to flush (get rid of something that no longer seems desirable)
    Vi spolar den idén. Det kommer inte funka.
    Let's flush that idea. It won't work.
  4. to reel, to spool, to wind (quickly wind on a spool or reel or the like)
    spola tillbaka bandetrewind the tape
    spola fram bandetfast forward the tape
    spola upp ny trådwind new thread

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