"mata" meaning in Swedish

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Verb

IPA: /²mɑːta/ Audio: Sv-mata.ogg
Rhymes: -²ɑːta Etymology: From Old Swedish mata, from mat (“food”) + -a. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|mata}} Old Swedish mata, {{suf|sv|mat|a|t1=food}} mat (“food”) + -a Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|matar|preterite|matade|supine|matat|imperative|mata|head=}} mata (present matar, preterite matade, supine matat, imperative mata) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: matar [present], matade [preterite], matat [supine], mata [imperative], weak [table-tags], mata [active, infinitive], matas [infinitive, passive], matat [active, supine], matats [passive, supine], mata [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], maten [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], matar [active, indicative, present], matade [active, indicative, past], matas [indicative, passive, present], matades [indicative, passive, past], mata [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], matade [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], matas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], matades [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], mate [active, dated, present, subjunctive], matade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], mates [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], matades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], matande [participle, present], matad [participle, past]
  1. to feed (give food to, usually of an animal or of actively feeding someone (like a small child)) Synonyms: föda
    Sense id: en-mata-sv-verb-Z87CLZSi
  2. (figuratively) to feed (with something other than food) Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-mata-sv-verb-8RADyyj-
  3. (often with a particle like in or ut) to feed, to enter Tags: often
    Sense id: en-mata-sv-verb-yn-P~Po8 Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish terms suffixed with -a Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 27 10 63 Disambiguation of Swedish terms suffixed with -a: 31 25 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mat, matning, mätt, mätta, sidmatare, skedmata

Inflected forms

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          "english": "feed the baby with a spoon",
          "text": "mata bebisen med en sked",
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          "english": "Are you allowed to feed the animals?",
          "text": "Får man mata djuren?",
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          "english": "The printer must be broken. It spits out the papers, one by one, as fast as I've put them in.",
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