tåla
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tala"
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
tåla (present tense tåler, past tense tålte, past participle tålt, passive infinitive tålast, present participle tålande, imperative tål)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish þola, from Old Norse þola, from Proto-Germanic *þulāną, from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-.
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
tåla (present tål, preterite tålde, supine tålt, imperative tål)
- (of a person) to be able to tolerate, to stand, to bear, to endure (without becoming angry, sick, or sad or giving up or the like)
- Jag tål honom inte
- I can't stand him
- Många tål inte jordnötter
- Many people can't tolerate peanuts
- Jag tål inte hettan här
- I can't bear the heat here
- – Blir du inte ledsen av deras taskiga kommentarer? – Oroa dig inte, jag tål det.
- – Don't their mean comments make you sad? – Don't worry, I can take it.
- Man måste tåla smärtan
- You have to endure ("be able to tolerate") the pain
- to be able to withstand (without taking damage); to (be able to) take, to tolerate, to bear
- Jag tror inte mattan tål maskintvätt
- I don't think the carpet is machine washable ("can take machine washing")
- Våra priser tål att jämföras
- Our prices stand comparison (with others')
- (figuratively) to bear, to be worth ("to (with)stand")
- en film som tål att ses om och om igen
- a movie that can be ("that withstands being") watched over and over again / that bears being watched over and over again
- Det tål att sägas igen
- It is worth saying again / It bears being said again
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of tåla (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | tåla | tålas | ||
Supine | tålt | tålts | ||
Imperative | tål | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | tålen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | tål | tålde | tåls, tåles | tåldes |
Ind. plural1 | tåla | tålde | tålas | tåldes |
Subjunctive2 | tåle | tålde | tåles | tåldes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | tålande | |||
Past participle | tåld | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- tåla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tåla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tåla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)