"pilla" meaning in Swedish

See pilla in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|pillar|preterite|pillade|supine|pillat|imperative|pilla|head=}} pilla (present pillar, preterite pillade, supine pillat, imperative pilla) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|nopp=1}} Forms: pillar [present], pillade [preterite], pillat [supine], pilla [imperative], weak [table-tags], pilla [active, infinitive], pillas [infinitive, passive], pillat [active, supine], pillats [passive, supine], pilla [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], pillen [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], pillar [active, indicative, present], pillade [active, indicative, past], pillas [indicative, passive, present], pillades [indicative, passive, past], pilla [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], pillade [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], pillas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], pillades [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], pille [active, dated, present, subjunctive], pillade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], pilles [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], pillades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], pillande [participle, present], - [participle, past]
  1. (colloquial) to lightly and repeatedly touch (something) with fingertips, like repeated pokes or small strokes or light pinching Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-pilla-sv-verb-VVIxRId~ Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 64 12 25
  2. (colloquial) to manipulate something (small) with finger(tip)s, especially when the manipulation is (slightly) finicky or fiddly Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-pilla-sv-verb-NJLtbbTL
  3. (colloquial, figurative) to fiddle or tinker (with something, which may or may not be finicky or fiddly) Tags: colloquial, figuratively Synonyms: knåpa, pyssla, påta, pula
    Sense id: en-pilla-sv-verb-fpBdkdX8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pillra Related terms: pill (english: finicky or fiddly activity), pille-, pillig (english: finicky, fiddly), fippla (english: fiddle)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pilla meaning in Swedish (4.8kB)

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        "(colloquial) to manipulate something (small) with finger(tip)s, especially when the manipulation is (slightly) finicky or fiddly"
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        "colloquial"
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          "english": "I'm tinkering with a new project",
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        },
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