softa in Swedish

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Etymology: From English soft + -a. Etymology templates: {{af|sv|soft|-a|lang1=en}} English soft + -a Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|softar|preterite|softade|supine|softat|imperative|softa|head=}} softa (present softar, preterite softade, supine softat, imperative softa), {{sv-verb-reg}} softa (present softar, preterite softade, supine softat, imperative softa) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|nopp=1}} Forms: softar [present], softade [preterite], softat [supine], softa [imperative], no-table-tags [table-tags], softa [active, infinitive], softas [infinitive, passive], softat [active, supine], softats [passive, supine], softa [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], soften [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive], softar [active, indicative, present], softade [active, indicative, past], softas [indicative, passive, present], softades [indicative, passive, past], softa [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present], softade [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past], softas [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present], softades [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past], softe [active, dated, present, subjunctive], softade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], softes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], softades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], softande [active, participle, past, present], - [active, participle, past]

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English soft + -a.",
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    {
      "form": "softar",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "softade",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "softat",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
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        "imperative"
      ]
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "softas",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive",
        "passive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "softat",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "softats",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "softa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soften",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "softade",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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        "present"
      ]
    },
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "present"
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        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
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        "subjunctive"
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      ]
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      "form": "softes",
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        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "softande",
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        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "chill",
      "translation": "chill",
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    }
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          "english": "She was kicking back with a good movie",
          "text": "Hon softade med en bra film",
          "translation": "She was kicking back with a good movie",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to kick back (relax)"
      ],
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        [
          "kick back",
          "kick back"
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        "(slang) to kick back (relax)"
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        "to chill (calm down from an agitated state)"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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}

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    "Pages with entries",
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          "english": "She was kicking back with a good movie",
          "text": "Hon softade med en bra film",
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        "to kick back (relax)"
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        "(slang) to kick back (relax)"
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        "to chill (calm down from an agitated state)"
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    {
      "word": "chilla"
    }
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}

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"softa" meaning in Swedish

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