spränga
See also: spranga
Swedish
editAlternative forms
edit- sprenga (obsolete since 1889)
Etymology
editFrom Old Swedish sprængia, from Old Norse sprengja, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *springaną. Doublet of springa.
Verb
editspränga (present spränger, preterite sprängde, supine sprängt, imperative spräng)
- to blow up, to blast (make (something) explode)
- Vi sprängde fiendens bas med en bomb
- We blew up the enemy's base with a bomb
- att sprängas i bitar
- to be blown to pieces
- (figuratively) to cause something (abstract) to (more or less violently) disintegrate, for example by (quickly) arresting enough people in a criminal gang or organization to cause it to break up
- Polisen sprängde spritsmugglarligan
- The police broke up ("blew up") the liquor smuggling ring
- (passive voice) to explode
- to hurt (as from (imagined) internal pressure)
- sprängande huvudvärk
- a splitting headache
- to ride quickly (on a horse or the like)
- Riddaren sprängde fram mot slottet
- The knight charged towards the castle
- to cure (poultry) in brine
- sprängd anka
- salt-cured duck
Conjugation
editConjugation of spränga (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | spränga | sprängas | ||
Supine | sprängt | sprängts | ||
Imperative | spräng | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | sprängen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | spränger | sprängde | sprängs, spränges | sprängdes |
Ind. plural1 | spränga | sprängde | sprängas | sprängdes |
Subjunctive2 | spränge | sprängde | spränges | sprängdes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | sprängande | |||
Past participle | sprängd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- spränga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- spränga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- spränga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- spränga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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