spreta
Italian
editVerb
editspreta
- inflection of spretarsi:
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editLatin
editParticiple
editsprēta
- inflection of sprētus:
Participle
editsprētā
Swedish
editVerb
editspreta (present spretar, preterite spretade, supine spretat, imperative spreta)
- to spread (limbs or fingers) out and apart stiffly, to sprawl, to splay
- att spreta med fingrarna
- to spread one's fingers wide
- to stick out (in different directions)
- Håret spretade åt alla håll
- His hair was sticking out in all directions
- spretande taggar på en sjöborre
- spines on a sea urchin that stick out in different directions
- (figuratively) to go all over the place (be unfocused)
- Filmen spretar åt alla möjliga håll
- The movie goes all over the place
Conjugation
editConjugation of spreta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | spreta | spretas | ||
| Supine | spretat | spretats | ||
| Imperative | spreta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | spreten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | spretar | spretade | spretas | spretades |
| Ind. plural1 | spreta | spretade | spretas | spretades |
| Subjunctive2 | sprete | spretade | spretes | spretades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | spretande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
editSee also
edit- skreva (“spread one's legs apart”)