"hålla på" meaning in All languages combined

See hålla på on Wiktionary

Verb [Swedish]

Forms: håller på [present], höll på [preterite], hållit på [supine], håll på [imperative]
Head templates: {{head|sv|verb|present|håller på|preterite|höll på|supine|hållit på|imperative|håll på|head=hålla på}} hålla på (present håller på, preterite höll på, supine hållit på, imperative håll på)
  1. (often with med) to be doing, to be up to (to currently be doing something) Tags: often
    Sense id: en-hålla_på-sv-verb-MB6R4sUs
  2. (often with med) to be doing, to be up to (to currently be doing something)
    to be at it
    Tags: often
    Sense id: en-hålla_på-sv-verb-VJd02-d2
  3. to be in the process of (like above, but for objects, phenomena, and the like)
    Sense id: en-hålla_på-sv-verb-qB~1LkRT Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish phrasal verbs formed with "på" Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 4 24 7 18 17 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 26 3 19 18 28 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 23 4 17 17 25 Disambiguation of Swedish phrasal verbs formed with "på": 5 5 22 4 19 17 26
  4. to last (go on for) Synonyms: vara
    Sense id: en-hålla_på-sv-verb-ho8rdCZA
  5. to almost, to nearly, to be close to (have something (usually undesirable) happen – can be understood as "to be in the process of," like above, with an implication of not reaching the end)
    Sense id: en-hålla_på-sv-verb-bDwsJMd3 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish phrasal verbs formed with "på" Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 4 24 7 18 17 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 26 3 19 18 28 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 23 4 17 17 25 Disambiguation of Swedish phrasal verbs formed with "på": 5 5 22 4 19 17 26
  6. (colloquial) to be doing (something (usually disagreeable) that is clear from context, that goes on for a while) Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-hålla_på-sv-verb-Z~zbieD1 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish phrasal verbs formed with "på" Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 4 24 7 18 17 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 26 3 19 18 28 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 23 4 17 17 25 Disambiguation of Swedish phrasal verbs formed with "på": 5 5 22 4 19 17 26
  7. (with the stress on hålla) to root for, to support (a team or the like) Synonyms: heja
    Sense id: en-hålla_på-sv-verb-tRxBZmo4 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish phrasal verbs formed with "på" Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 4 24 7 18 17 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 26 3 19 18 28 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 23 4 17 17 25 Disambiguation of Swedish phrasal verbs formed with "på": 5 5 22 4 19 17 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: på väg

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "håller på",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "höll på",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hållit på",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "håll på",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "håll på",
        "2": "verb",
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        "4": "håller på",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "höll på",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "hållit på",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": "hålla på"
      },
      "expansion": "hålla på (present håller på, preterite höll på, supine hållit på, imperative håll på)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "på väg"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "english": "I'm (up to) cleaning",
          "text": "Jag håller på och städar",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What are you doing? / What are you up to?",
          "text": "Vad håller du på med?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to be doing, to be up to (to currently be doing something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-hålla_på-sv-verb-MB6R4sUs",
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          "med",
          "med#Swedish"
        ],
        [
          "doing",
          "doing"
        ],
        [
          "up to",
          "up to"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often with med) to be doing, to be up to (to currently be doing something)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with med"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "english": "How long have they been at it? [as a generic translation without context]",
          "text": "Hur länge har de hållit på?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be doing, to be up to (to currently be doing something)",
        "to be at it"
      ],
      "id": "en-hålla_på-sv-verb-VJd02-d2",
      "links": [
        [
          "med",
          "med#Swedish"
        ],
        [
          "doing",
          "doing"
        ],
        [
          "up to",
          "up to"
        ],
        [
          "at it",
          "at it"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often with med) to be doing, to be up to (to currently be doing something)",
        "to be at it"
      ],
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        "with med"
      ],
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        "often"
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          "_dis": "4 4 24 7 18 17 26",
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          "_dis": "3 3 26 3 19 18 28",
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        },
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          "_dis": "7 7 23 4 17 17 25",
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          "_dis": "5 5 22 4 19 17 26",
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        {
          "english": "The milk is running out (\"The milk is in the process of running out\")",
          "text": "Mjölken håller på att ta slut",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It was getting dark outside (\"It was in the process of getting dark outside\")",
          "text": "Det höll på att bli mörkt ute",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be in the process of (like above, but for objects, phenomena, and the like)"
      ],
      "id": "en-hålla_på-sv-verb-qB~1LkRT"
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        {
          "text": "Hur länge håller filmen på?\nHow long does the movie last? (\"How long does the movie go on for?\" – likely to be asked by someone who wants to know when it ends)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to last (go on for)"
      ],
      "id": "en-hålla_på-sv-verb-ho8rdCZA",
      "links": [
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          "last",
          "last"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "vara"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "4 4 24 7 18 17 26",
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          "_dis": "7 7 23 4 17 17 25",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "english": "The vase almost fell over (\"was in the process of falling over\")",
          "text": "Vasen höll på att välta",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I almost fainted when I saw what they had done",
          "text": "Jag höll på att svimma när jag såg vad de gjort",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She almost had a slip of the tongue",
          "text": "Hon höll på att försäga sig",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-hålla_på-sv-verb-bDwsJMd3",
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          "almost",
          "almost"
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          "nearly",
          "nearly"
        ]
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          "_dis": "4 4 24 7 18 17 26",
          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 7 23 4 17 17 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "5 5 22 4 19 17 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish phrasal verbs formed with \"på\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Don't be like that! / Don't go on like that! (if the thing is going on about something the speaker doesn't want to hear, as an example)",
          "text": "Håll inte på så där!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be doing (something (usually disagreeable) that is clear from context, that goes on for a while)"
      ],
      "id": "en-hålla_på-sv-verb-Z~zbieD1",
      "links": [
        [
          "doing",
          "doing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to be doing (something (usually disagreeable) that is clear from context, that goes on for a while)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 24 7 18 17 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 26 3 19 18 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 22 4 19 17 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish phrasal verbs formed with \"på\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Which team are you rooting for?",
          "text": "Vilket lag håller du på?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to root for, to support (a team or the like)"
      ],
      "id": "en-hålla_på-sv-verb-tRxBZmo4",
      "links": [
        [
          "hålla",
          "hålla#Swedish"
        ],
        [
          "root for",
          "root for"
        ],
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with the stress on hålla) to root for, to support (a team or the like)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with the stress on hålla"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "heja"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hålla på"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish multiword terms",
    "Swedish phrasal verbs",
    "Swedish phrasal verbs formed with \"på\"",
    "Swedish terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Swedish verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "håller på",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "höll på",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hållit på",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "håll på",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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    }
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        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "I'm (up to) cleaning",
          "text": "Jag håller på och städar",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What are you doing? / What are you up to?",
          "text": "Vad håller du på med?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be doing, to be up to (to currently be doing something)"
      ],
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        [
          "med",
          "med#Swedish"
        ],
        [
          "doing",
          "doing"
        ],
        [
          "up to",
          "up to"
        ]
      ],
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        "(often with med) to be doing, to be up to (to currently be doing something)"
      ],
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        "with med"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "How long have they been at it? [as a generic translation without context]",
          "text": "Hur länge har de hållit på?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to be doing, to be up to (to currently be doing something)",
        "to be at it"
      ],
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        [
          "med",
          "med#Swedish"
        ],
        [
          "doing",
          "doing"
        ],
        [
          "up to",
          "up to"
        ],
        [
          "at it",
          "at it"
        ]
      ],
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        "(often with med) to be doing, to be up to (to currently be doing something)",
        "to be at it"
      ],
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        "with med"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "often"
      ]
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "The milk is running out (\"The milk is in the process of running out\")",
          "text": "Mjölken håller på att ta slut",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It was getting dark outside (\"It was in the process of getting dark outside\")",
          "text": "Det höll på att bli mörkt ute",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be in the process of (like above, but for objects, phenomena, and the like)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hur länge håller filmen på?\nHow long does the movie last? (\"How long does the movie go on for?\" – likely to be asked by someone who wants to know when it ends)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to last (go on for)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "last",
          "last"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vara"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The vase almost fell over (\"was in the process of falling over\")",
          "text": "Vasen höll på att välta",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I almost fainted when I saw what they had done",
          "text": "Jag höll på att svimma när jag såg vad de gjort",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She almost had a slip of the tongue",
          "text": "Hon höll på att försäga sig",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to almost, to nearly, to be close to (have something (usually undesirable) happen – can be understood as \"to be in the process of,\" like above, with an implication of not reaching the end)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "almost",
          "almost"
        ],
        [
          "nearly",
          "nearly"
        ]
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    {
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        "Swedish colloquialisms",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Don't be like that! / Don't go on like that! (if the thing is going on about something the speaker doesn't want to hear, as an example)",
          "text": "Håll inte på så där!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be doing (something (usually disagreeable) that is clear from context, that goes on for a while)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "doing",
          "doing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to be doing (something (usually disagreeable) that is clear from context, that goes on for a while)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Which team are you rooting for?",
          "text": "Vilket lag håller du på?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to root for, to support (a team or the like)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hålla",
          "hålla#Swedish"
        ],
        [
          "root for",
          "root for"
        ],
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with the stress on hålla) to root for, to support (a team or the like)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with the stress on hålla"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "heja"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hålla på"
}

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