spela

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See also: spelâ and Špela

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspe.la/
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Hyphenation: spé‧la

Verb

spela

  1. inflection of spelare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German spelen, spillen.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

spela (present tense spelar/speler, past tense spela/spelte, past participle spela/spelt, passive infinitive spelast, present participle spelande, imperative spela/spel)

  1. to play
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

spela n

  1. definite plural of spel

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse spila, borrowed from Middle Low German spillen, from Old Saxon spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn. Equivalent to spel +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /speːla/
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Verb

spela (present spelar, preterite spelade, supine spelat, imperative spela)

  1. to play; a game, a tune, a melody, an instrument or a role
  2. to gamble
  3. to wind (ropes and such)

Conjugation

Conjugation of spela (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive spela spelas
Supine spelat spelats
Imperative spela —
Imper. plural1 spelen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative spelar spelade spelas spelades
Ind. plural1 spela spelade spelas spelades
Subjunctive2 spele spelade speles spelades
Participles
Present participle spelande
Past participle spelad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Finnish: pelata

See also

References

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