putsa
Swedish
editEtymology
editVerb
editputsa (present putsar, preterite putsade, supine putsat, imperative putsa)
- to polish, to shine (make clean and shiny, usually by rubbing with a cloth (often along with a polishing or cleaning agent))
- putsa skor
- shine shoes
- to clean (sometimes more idiomatic in English)
- Fönsterputsare putsar fönster
- Window cleaners clean windows
- Putsa glasögonen med en putsduk
- Clean the glasses with a cleaning cloth
- to groom (to make even)
- Aporna putsar varandras päls
- The monkeys groom each other's fur
- (figuratively) to polish (make (minor) improvements to)
- Jag ska bara putsa rapporten lite så publicerar vi den sen
- I'm just going to polish the report a bit and then we'll publish it
- Nisse har putsat sin skidteknik sedan förra säsongen
- Nisse has polished his skiing technique since last season
- to plaster
- putsa en vägg med puts
- plaster a wall with plaster
Usage notes
editSometimes more or less interchangeable with polera in (sense 1). Putsa puts relatively more focus on making clean as opposed to (just) shiny.
Conjugation
editConjugation of putsa (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | putsa | putsas | ||
Supine | putsat | putsats | ||
Imperative | putsa | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | putsen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | putsar | putsade | putsas | putsades |
Ind. plural1 | putsa | putsade | putsas | putsades |
Subjunctive2 | putse | putsade | putses | putsades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | putsande | |||
Past participle | putsad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- putsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- putsa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- putsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
editTagalog
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈput͡ʃaʔ/ [ˈpuː.t͡ʃɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -ut͡ʃaʔ
- Syllabification: put‧sa
Interjection
editputsà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ)
- (vulgar, derogatory) Said in anger or annoyance: fuck; damn
- Synonyms: puta, anak ng puta, putang ina
Noun
editputsà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ)
- (vulgar, derogatory) Term of abuse: cunt
- Synonyms: puta, anak ng puta, putang ina
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “putsa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- “putsa” in Tagalog-English Dictionary, TAGALOG LANG, 2007.
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 115
Anagrams
editCategories:
- Swedish terms derived from German
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish verbs
- sv:Rub
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- sv:Sports
- Swedish weak verbs
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ut͡ʃaʔ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ut͡ʃaʔ/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog interjections
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog vulgarities
- Tagalog derogatory terms
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog swear words