spola

See also: spolą and spóla

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

spola f (plural spole)

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

Synonyms

• navicella

Anagrams

• salpo, salpò, spalo, spalò

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

spola (Cyrillic spelling спола)

1. genitive singular of spol

Swedish

Etymology

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

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 balcony

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 bandet ― rewind the tape

   spola fram bandet ― fast forward the tape

   spola upp ny tråd ― wind new thread

Conjugation

Conjugation of spola (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	spola		spolas
Supine	spolat		spolats
Imperative	spola		—
Imper. plural1	spolen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	spolar	spolade	spolas	spolades
Ind. plural1	spola	spolade	spolas	spolades
Subjunctive2	spole	spolade	spoles	spolades
	Participles
Present participle	spolande
Past participle	spolad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• snabbspola
• spolarvätska

See also

• skölja

References

• spola in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spola in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• spola in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• slopa