tåla

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tala"

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

tåla (present tense tåler, past tense tålte, past participle tålt, passive infinitive tålast, present participle tålande, imperative tål)

(pre-2012) alternative form of tola

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish þola, from Old Norse þola, from Proto-Germanic *þulāną, from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

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

present participle		tålande
past participle		tåld

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

låta, åtal