spruta

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sprute

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sprʉːtɑ/

Verb

spruta (present tense sprutar or spruter, past tense spruta or sprutte, past participle spruta or sprutt, present participle sprutande, imperative sprut)

1. to gush, squirt, spray

Further reading

• “spruta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspru.ta/
• Rhymes: -uta
• Syllabification: spru‧ta

Participle

spruta

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of spruty

Swedish

Han sprutar med en brandsläckare [He is spraying with a fire extinguisher]

Etymology

From Old Norse sprúta, from Proto-Germanic *spreutaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sprʉːta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -²ʉːta

Noun

spruta c

1. something that emits a jet of liquid (or several); a sprayer, a squirt

   vattenspruta

   water sprayer [generic, like in English]

   brandspruta

   fire engine [including older and non-vehicle equipment – compare brandbil (“fire truck”)]

   (literally, “fire sprayer”)

2. a syringe

   sprutor på en bricka

   syringes on a tray

   sprutor och nålar

   syringes and needles

   Sköterskan satte sprutan i armen

   The nurse put the needle [the syringe] in my arm

   vara rädd för sprutor

   be afraid of needles ["syringes" – idiomatic]

   sprutfobi

   needle phobia

   1. a shot; an injection (focusing more on the contents)

      Sköterskan gav henne en spruta

      The nurse gave her a shot

      en spruta mot difteri, stelkramp och kikhosta

      a shot against diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough

      ta en stelkrampsspruta

      take a tetanus shot

Usage notes

Swedish often idiomatically has spruta (“syringe”) where English idiomatically has needle.

Declension

Declension of spruta
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	spruta	sprutan	sprutor	sprutorna
Genitive	sprutas	sprutans	sprutors	sprutornas

Derived terms

• sprutbyte (“needle exchange”)

See also

• kanyl

Verb

spruta (present sprutar, preterite sprutade, supine sprutat, imperative spruta)

2. to (cause to) be ejected as a jet (or several); to spray, to squirt, to spurt

   spruta vatten på någon med en slang

   spray water on someone with a hose

   spruta med en vattenpistol

   squirt with a water gun

   gråta så att tårarna sprutar

   cry one's eyes out ["cry so that the tears spray" – idiomatic]

   Blodet sprutade åt alla håll

   Blood was spraying in all directions

   Formel 1-föraren sprutades ner / blev nedsprutad med champagne

   The Formula 1 driver was sprayed [down] with champagne

3. to be forcefully emitted or propelled (of a non-liquid, similar to above)

   Gruset sprutade om rallybilens däck i hårnålskurvan

   [The] gravel sprayed around/about the tires of the rally car in the hairpin curve [more forceful-sounding than "kicked up" or the like]

   1. to breathe, to spew (fire)

      en eldsprutande drake

      a fire-breathing [fire-spraying] dragon

4. (often with in (“in”)) to inject, to syringe

   Vid en intravenös injektion sprutas läkemedlet direkt in i blodet

   During ["at" – when dealing with] an intravenous injection, the medication is injected directly into the bloodstream [blood]

5. (informal) to ejaculate (semen)

   Synonyms: få utlösning, ejakulera, (slang) sarra, (slang) sagga, (slang) satsa

   Han sprutade

   He ejaculated

Usage notes

• Spraya is used for spraying with a spray can or spray bottle or the like, where spruta sounds too forceful. To "psst" is to spraya.
• Not traveling along a surface in (sense 1). Would be called a stråle (“ray, beam”) in Swedish, which allows rays of liquid, by extension.

Conjugation

Conjugation of spruta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	spruta		sprutas
Supine	sprutat		sprutats
Imperative	spruta		—
Imper. plural1	spruten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	sprutar	sprutade	sprutas	sprutades
Ind. plural1	spruta	sprutade	sprutas	sprutades
Subjunctive2	sprute	sprutade	sprutes	sprutades
	Participles
Present participle	sprutande
Past participle	sprutad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• kulspruta
• sprutorgasm

See also

• nål (“needle”)

Related terms

• sprut

See also

• forsa
• injicera
• spraya

References

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

Anagrams

• prutas, pustar, putsar, stupar