"spå" meaning in Swedish

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Verb

IPA: /spoː/
Rhymes: -oː Etymology: From Old Norse spá (“to foretell, prophesy”), from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spēhōną (“to observe”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”). Etymology templates: {{root|sv|ine-pro|*speḱ-}}, {{der|sv|non|spá||to foretell, prophesy}} Old Norse spá (“to foretell, prophesy”), {{der|sv|gem-pro|*spahōną}} Proto-Germanic *spahōną, {{m|gem-pro|*spēhōną||to observe}} *spēhōną (“to observe”), {{der|sv|ine-pro|*speḱ-||to look}} Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”) Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|spår|preterite|spådde|supine|spått|imperative|spå|head=}} spå (present spår, preterite spådde, supine spått, imperative spå) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|end=vw}} Forms: spår [present], spådde [preterite], spått [supine], spå [imperative], weak [table-tags], spå [active, infinitive], spås [infinitive, passive], spått [active, supine], spåtts [passive, supine], spå [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], spån [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], spår [active, indicative, present], spådde [active, indicative, past], spås [indicative, passive, present], spåddes [indicative, passive, past], spå [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], spådde [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], spås [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], spåddes [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], spå [active, dated, present, subjunctive], spådde [active, dated, past, subjunctive], spås [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], spåddes [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], spående [participle, present], spådd [participle, past]
  1. to foretell, to divine; to tell the future and fortune through supernatural means Synonyms (foretell): sia Related terms (foretell): spådom, spåkunnig, spåkvinna, spåman
    Sense id: en-spå-sv-verb-w-fDniDo Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'foretell': 64 36 Disambiguation of 'foretell': 64 36
  2. (by extension) to predict, to (more or less confidently) guess Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-spå-sv-verb-L-JHJoi0 Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 53 47

Inflected forms

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