spå

See also: SPA, spa, Spa, Spaa, SpA, spA, spá, śpa, and spáa

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse spá

Verb

spå (imperative spå, present tense spår, passive spås, simple past spådde, past participle spådd, present participle spående)

1. to predict, forecast, foretell, prophesy

Related terms

• spådom

References

• “spå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse spá (“to foretell, prophesy”), from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spēhōną (“to observe”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oː

Verb

spå

1. to foretell; to tell the future and fortune
2. to forecast (the weather)

Conjugation

Conjugation of spå (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	spå	spås
Present tense	spår	spås
Past tense	spådde	spåddes
Supine	spått	spåtts
Imperative	spå	—
Present participle	spående
Past participle	spådd

Synonyms

• (foretell): sia

Related terms

• (foretell): spådom, spåkunnig, spåkvinna, spåman

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse spá.

Verb

spå

1. To practice magic.

Related terms

• spåk
• spålek