fräsa
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
fräsa (present fräser, preterite fräste, supine fräst, imperative fräs)
- to make a sound (somewhat) like water hitting something red-hot; to sizzle, to hiss
- Baconet och katten fräste
- The bacon sizzled and the cat hissed
- stänka vatten på ett bastuaggregat så att det fräser
- splash water on a sauna stove so that it sizzles/hisses
- to snap
- "Gör det själv!" fräste han
- "Do it yourself!" he snapped ("hissed" – think an angry cat)
- to do something that (normally) makes such a sound, sometimes more or less figuratively
- to sizzle, to sauté
- Fräs löken i 5-7 minuter
- Sauté the onions for 5-7 minutes
- (colloquial) to whiz, to zoom, etc. (speed)
- En racerbåt fräste förbi
- A speedboat zoomed [sizzled, hissed] by
- Norskan kom från ingenstans och fräste förbi de andra åkarna på upploppet
- The [female] Norwegian came out of nowhere and whizzed past the other skiers on the home stretch
- to sizzle, to sauté
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of fräsa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | fräsa | fräsas | ||
| Supine | fräst | frästs | ||
| Imperative | fräs | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | fräsen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | fräser | fräste | fräses | frästes |
| Ind. plural1 | fräsa | fräste | fräsas | frästes |
| Subjunctive2 | fräse | fräste | fräses | frästes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | fräsande | |||
| Past participle | fräst | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms edit
See also edit
- väsa (hiss like a snake)
Etymology 2 edit
fräs (“mill, cutter, tiller, cultivator”) + -a
Verb edit
fräsa (present fräser, preterite fräste, supine fräst, imperative fräs)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of fräsa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | fräsa | fräsas | ||
| Supine | fräst | frästs | ||
| Imperative | fräs | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | fräsen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | fräser | fräste | fräses | frästes |
| Ind. plural1 | fräsa | fräste | fräsas | frästes |
| Subjunctive2 | fräse | fräste | fräses | frästes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | fräsande | |||
| Past participle | fräst | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||