snacka
See also: snäcka
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Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
snacka
- third-person singular past historic of snacker
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German snacken (“to speak, talk”). Compare Danish snakke, Norwegian Bokmål snakke and Norwegian Nynorsk snakka.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
snacka (present snackar, preterite snackade, supine snackat, imperative snacka)
- (colloquial) to talk, to speak
- (slang) to boast emptily
- (slang) to reveal secrets (especially during an interrogation)
- Jag hoppas han inte snackar
- I hope he doesn't talk
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of snacka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | snacka | snackas | ||
| Supine | snackat | snackats | ||
| Imperative | snacka | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | snacken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | snackar | snackade | snackas | snackades |
| Ind. plural1 | snacka | snackade | snackas | snackades |
| Subjunctive2 | snacke | snackade | snackes | snackades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | snackande | |||
| Past participle | snackad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms edit
References edit
- snacka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- snacka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- snacka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)