"spåra" meaning in Swedish

See spåra in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /spoːra/ Audio: Sv-spåra.ogg
Etymology: From spår + -a. Likely a shortening of spåra ur (“derail”) in slang sense. Etymology templates: {{suffix|sv|spår|a}} spår + -a Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|spårar|preterite|spårade|supine|spårat|imperative|spåra|head=}} spåra (present spårar, preterite spårade, supine spårat, imperative spåra) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: spårar [present], spårade [preterite], spårat [supine], spåra [imperative], weak [table-tags], spåra [active, infinitive], spåras [infinitive, passive], spårat [active, supine], spårats [passive, supine], spåra [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], spåren [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], spårar [active, indicative, present], spårade [active, indicative, past], spåras [indicative, passive, present], spårades [indicative, passive, past], spåra [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], spårade [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], spåras [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], spårades [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], spåre [active, dated, present, subjunctive], spårade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], spåres [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], spårades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], spårande [participle, present], spårad [participle, past]
  1. to track, to trace (follow the (concrete or abstract) track or trail of someone/something)
    Sense id: en-spåra-sv-verb-3pbk-7Y9
  2. (slang) to go off the rails, to go crazy (from spåra ur (“derail”)) Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-spåra-sv-verb-c6cTJzDN Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish terms suffixed with -a Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 4 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 2 56 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Swedish terms suffixed with -a: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: spåra ur (english: derail), spårning

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "form": "spårade",
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    {
      "form": "spårat",
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        "supine"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "spårats",
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    },
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    },
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          "text": "spåra en brottsling",
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        {
          "english": "track a package",
          "text": "spåra ett paket",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "trace a call",
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        }
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          "text": "Snubben har ju spårat helt",
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