måla

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːla/
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  • Rhymes: -oːla
  • Hyphenation: må‧la

Noun

måla n

  1. definite plural of mål

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

måla n

  1. definite plural of mål

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

måla (present tense målar, past tense måla, past participle måla, passive infinitive målast, present participle målande, imperative måla/mål)

  1. to paint
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Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

måla (present tense måler, past tense målte, past participle målt, passive infinitive målast, present participle målande, imperative mål)

  1. to measure
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Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mála. Cognate with Icelandic mála and Danish male, from Middle Low German mālen (to draw, paint).

Pronunciation

Verb

måla (present målar, preterite målade, supine målat, imperative måla)

  1. to paint
Conjugation

Etymology 2

mål (goal) +‎ -a

Verb

måla (present målar, preterite målade, supine målat, imperative måla)

  1. (colloquial, sports) to score
    Efter sin första match för LA Galaxy har Zlatan redan målat två gånger!
    After his first game for the LA Galaxy, Zlatan has already scored twice!
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