"prata" meaning in Swedish

See prata in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈprɑːˌta/ Audio: Sv-prata.ogg
Etymology: From Middle Low German praten, probably of imitative origin. Compare English prate and prattle, Faroese práta. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|gml|praten}} Middle Low German praten, {{onomatopoeic|sv|title=imitative}} imitative, {{cog|en|prate}} English prate, {{cog|fo|práta}} Faroese práta Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|pratar|preterite|pratade|supine|pratat|imperative|prata|head=}} prata (present pratar, preterite pratade, supine pratat, imperative prata), {{sv-verb-reg}} prata (present pratar, preterite pratade, supine pratat, imperative prata) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: pratar [present], pratade [preterite], pratat [supine], prata [imperative], no-table-tags [table-tags], prata [active, infinitive], pratas [infinitive, passive], pratat [active, supine], pratats [passive, supine], prata [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], praten [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive], pratar [active, indicative, present], pratade [active, indicative, past], pratas [indicative, passive, present], pratades [indicative, passive, past], prata [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present], pratade [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past], pratas [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present], pratades [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past], prate [active, dated, present, subjunctive], pratade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], prates [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], pratades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], pratande [active, participle, past, present], pratad [active, participle, past]
  1. to talk, to speak (informally) Synonyms: tala, snacka [colloquial] Derived forms: kallprata, prata i nattmössan, småprata
    Sense id: en-prata-sv-verb--XEytLxT Categories (other): Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish onomatopoeias Related terms: prat, pratare, diskutera, konversera, samtala, småprata, snacka [colloquial], språka, surra, säga (english: say), tala

Inflected forms

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        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "praten"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German praten",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "title": "imitative"
      },
      "expansion": "imitative",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prate"
      },
      "expansion": "English prate",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "práta"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese práta",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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    {
      "form": "pratar",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratade",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratat",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prata",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prata",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratats",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prata",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praten",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prata",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prate",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prates",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "prata",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "pratar",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "pratade",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "pratat",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "prata (present pratar, preterite pratade, supine pratat, imperative prata)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "prata (present pratar, preterite pratade, supine pratat, imperative prata)",
      "name": "sv-verb-reg"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "kallprata"
        },
        {
          "word": "prata i nattmössan"
        },
        {
          "word": "småprata"
        }
      ],
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              7,
              13
            ]
          ],
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            [
              9,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Have you talked to your brother about that car he was going to sell?",
          "text": "Har du pratat med din bror om den där bilen han skulle sälja?",
          "translation": "Have you talked to your brother about that car he was going to sell?",
          "type": "example"
        },
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              4,
              10
            ]
          ],
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            [
              22,
              29
            ],
            [
              101,
              108
            ]
          ],
          "english": "What are you [plural] talking about / discussing? [Would not normally have the tone of \"What are you talking about??\" – see also snacka]",
          "text": "Vad pratar ni om?",
          "translation": "What are you [plural] talking about / discussing? [Would not normally have the tone of \"What are you talking about??\" – see also snacka]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to talk, to speak (informally)"
      ],
      "id": "en-prata-sv-verb--XEytLxT",
      "links": [
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ],
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "prat"
        },
        {
          "word": "pratare"
        },
        {
          "word": "diskutera"
        },
        {
          "word": "konversera"
        },
        {
          "word": "samtala"
        },
        {
          "word": "småprata"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "snacka"
        },
        {
          "word": "språka"
        },
        {
          "word": "surra"
        },
        {
          "english": "say",
          "translation": "say",
          "word": "säga"
        },
        {
          "word": "tala"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "tala"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "snacka"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprɑːˌta/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-prata.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/Sv-prata.ogg/Sv-prata.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Sv-prata.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prata"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "kallprata"
    },
    {
      "word": "prata i nattmössan"
    },
    {
      "word": "småprata"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "der"
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      },
      "expansion": "imitative",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prate"
      },
      "expansion": "English prate",
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    },
    {
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        "1": "fo",
        "2": "práta"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese práta",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German praten, probably of imitative origin. Compare English prate and prattle, Faroese práta.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pratar",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratade",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratat",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prata",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prata",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratats",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prata",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "praten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prata",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prate",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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        "7": "supine",
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        "head": ""
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  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "prat"
    },
    {
      "word": "pratare"
    },
    {
      "word": "diskutera"
    },
    {
      "word": "konversera"
    },
    {
      "word": "samtala"
    },
    {
      "word": "småprata"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "snacka"
    },
    {
      "word": "språka"
    },
    {
      "word": "surra"
    },
    {
      "english": "say",
      "translation": "say",
      "word": "säga"
    },
    {
      "word": "tala"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 9 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish onomatopoeias",
        "Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples",
        "Swedish verbs",
        "Swedish weak verbs"
      ],
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              13
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              15
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          ],
          "english": "Have you talked to your brother about that car he was going to sell?",
          "text": "Har du pratat med din bror om den där bilen han skulle sälja?",
          "translation": "Have you talked to your brother about that car he was going to sell?",
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        },
        {
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              22,
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            [
              101,
              108
            ]
          ],
          "english": "What are you [plural] talking about / discussing? [Would not normally have the tone of \"What are you talking about??\" – see also snacka]",
          "text": "Vad pratar ni om?",
          "translation": "What are you [plural] talking about / discussing? [Would not normally have the tone of \"What are you talking about??\" – see also snacka]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to talk, to speak (informally)"
      ],
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          "talk",
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        ],
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tala"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "snacka"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprɑːˌta/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-prata.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/Sv-prata.ogg/Sv-prata.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Sv-prata.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prata"
}

Download raw JSONL data for prata meaning in Swedish (5.3kB)

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