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Spanish
Verb
hispa
- inflection of hispir:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Swedish
Etymology
From Tavringer Romani hispa (“small house, cottage”), probably a borrowing from Slovene jìspa (“small house, cottage”) or some other Slavic language.
Pronunciation
Noun
hispa c
- (slang) mental hospital
1997, Björn Ranelid, Till alla människor på jorden och i himlen:Gretas morsa är sinnessjuk. Hon är en dåre som sitter bakom låsta dörrar på hispan.- Greta’s mum is mentally ill. She is a lunatic who sits behind locked doors in the cuckoo’s nest.
Usage notes
- Usually in the phrase på hispan.
Declension
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References
- hispa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- Gerd Carling (2005) “hispa”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 82