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Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Swedish sprængia, from Old Norse sprengja, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *springaną. Doublet of springa.
Verb
spränga (present spränger, preterite sprängde, supine sprängt, imperative spräng)
- to blow up, to blast (make (something) explode)
Vi sprängde fiendens bas med en bomb- We blew up the enemy's base with a bomb
att sprängas i bitar- to be blown to pieces
- (billiards) to break
- (figuratively) to cause something (abstract) to (more or less violently) disintegrate, for example by (quickly) arresting enough people in a criminal gang or organization to cause it to break up
Polisen sprängde spritsmugglarligan- The police broke up ("blew up") the liquor smuggling ring
- (passive voice) to explode
- Synonyms: explodera, smälla
- to go off, to burst, to detonate, to blow
- Synonyms: detonera, brisera
Bomben sprängs om tio sekunder- The bomb goes off in ten seconds
- to hurt (as from (imagined) internal pressure)
sprängande huvudvärk- a splitting headache
- to ride quickly (on a horse or the like)
Riddaren sprängde fram mot slottet- The knight charged towards the castle
- to cure (poultry) in brine
sprängd anka- salt-cured duck
Conjugation
Conjugation of spränga (weak)
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