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Swedish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Verb
skvätta (present skvätter, preterite skvätte, supine skvätt, imperative skvätt)
- (sometimes impersonal) to splash (onto something), to scatter
Hon skvätte vatten på sin kompis- She splashed water on her friend
Det skvätte vatten överallt när glaset krossades- Water splashed everywhere when the glass shattered
Det skvätte om hunden som skakade på sig- The shaking dog was splashing water all around
Vi måste lära katten att inte skvätta kattsand- We must teach the cat not to scatter kitty litter
Usage notes
Mainly of liquids. Sometimes in an extended sense of non-liquids that might sensibly "splash," like sand, powder, etc.
See also
- stänka (“to splash, to spatter”)
Noun
skvätta c
- Synonym of buskskvätta (“whinchat (bird)”)
- Synonym of stenskvätta (“northern wheatear (bird)”)
Declension
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