"meka" meaning in Swedish

See meka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: Derived from mekaniker (“mechanic”). First attested in 1958. Etymology templates: {{etydate|1958}} First attested in 1958 Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|mekar|preterite|mekade|supine|mekat|imperative|meka|head=}} meka (present mekar, preterite mekade, supine mekat, imperative meka), {{sv-verb-reg}} meka (present mekar, preterite mekade, supine mekat, imperative meka) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: mekar [present], mekade [preterite], mekat [supine], meka [imperative], weak [table-tags], meka [active, infinitive], mekas [infinitive, passive], mekat [active, supine], mekats [passive, supine], meka [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], meken [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], mekar [active, indicative, present], mekade [active, indicative, past], mekas [indicative, passive, present], mekades [indicative, passive, past], meka [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], mekade [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], mekas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], mekades [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], meke [active, dated, present, subjunctive], mekade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], mekes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], mekades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], mekande [active, participle, past, present], mekad [active, participle, past], mecka [alternative]
  1. (colloquial) to repair or improve a car, motorcycle, or other (mechanical) equipment Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-meka-sv-verb-1zAFqXuU Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
  2. (colloquial) to tinker with Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-meka-sv-verb-hfZQosAU Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 52 48

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Hon mekar med sin bil på lördagarna.",
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          "english": "Now I've been tinkering with this computer for hours without understanding how it works.",
          "text": "Nu har jag mekat med den här datorn i timmar utan att förstå hur den funkar.",
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