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{
"etymology_text": "Literally \"play allan.\" Believed to be from the tough guy roles often played by actor Alan Ladd (1913 – 1964).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "spelar allan",
"tags": [
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "spelade allan",
"tags": [
"preterite"
]
},
{
"form": "spelat allan",
"tags": [
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "spela allan",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "weak",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sv-conj-wk",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "spela allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "spelas allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "spelat allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "spelats allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "spela allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "spelen allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"imperative",
"passive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "spelar allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"indicative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "spelade allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"indicative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "spelas allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "spelades allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "spela allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "spelade allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "spelas allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"indicative",
"passive",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "spelades allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"indicative",
"passive",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "spele allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"dated",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "spelade allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"dated",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "speles allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"dated",
"passive",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "spelades allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"dated",
"passive",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"10": "spela allan",
"2": "verbs",
"3": "present",
"4": "spelar allan",
"5": "preterite",
"6": "spelade allan",
"7": "supine",
"8": "spelat allan",
"9": "imperative",
"head": "spela allan"
},
"expansion": "spela allan (present spelar allan, preterite spelade allan, supine spelat allan, imperative spela allan)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"head": "spela",
"nopp": "1",
"noprepart": "1",
"particle": "allan"
},
"name": "sv-conj-wk"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swedish phrasal verbs formed with \"allan\"",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "A shirtless guy walked into the bar and wanted to act tough (\"was going to play allan\")",
"text": "En kille i bar överkropp kom in på baren och skulle spela allan",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "He kicked out the taillight to act tough in front of (\"play allan for\") his buddies",
"text": "Han sparkade sönder baklyktan för att spela allan för polarna",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to act tough or superior (with implied ridiculousness)"
],
"id": "en-spela_allan-sv-verb-eTfy-I71",
"links": [
[
"tough",
"tough"
],
[
"superior",
"superior"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, colloquial) to act tough or superior (with implied ridiculousness)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "spela Allan"
},
{
"word": "spela Allan Ballan"
},
{
"word": "leka allan"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"word": "spela allan"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Literally \"play allan.\" Believed to be from the tough guy roles often played by actor Alan Ladd (1913 – 1964).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "spelar allan",
"tags": [
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "spelade allan",
"tags": [
"preterite"
]
},
{
"form": "spelat allan",
"tags": [
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "spela allan",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "weak",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sv-conj-wk",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "spela allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "spelas allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "spelat allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "spelats allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "spela allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "spelen allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"imperative",
"passive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "spelar allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"indicative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "spelade allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"indicative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "spelas allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "spelades allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "spela allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "spelade allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "spelas allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"indicative",
"passive",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "spelades allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"indicative",
"passive",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "spele allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"dated",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "spelade allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"dated",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "speles allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"dated",
"passive",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "spelades allan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"dated",
"passive",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"10": "spela allan",
"2": "verbs",
"3": "present",
"4": "spelar allan",
"5": "preterite",
"6": "spelade allan",
"7": "supine",
"8": "spelat allan",
"9": "imperative",
"head": "spela allan"
},
"expansion": "spela allan (present spelar allan, preterite spelade allan, supine spelat allan, imperative spela allan)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"head": "spela",
"nopp": "1",
"noprepart": "1",
"particle": "allan"
},
"name": "sv-conj-wk"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Swedish colloquialisms",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish idioms",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish multiword terms",
"Swedish phrasal verbs",
"Swedish phrasal verbs formed with \"allan\"",
"Swedish terms with usage examples",
"Swedish verbs",
"Swedish weak verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "A shirtless guy walked into the bar and wanted to act tough (\"was going to play allan\")",
"text": "En kille i bar överkropp kom in på baren och skulle spela allan",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "He kicked out the taillight to act tough in front of (\"play allan for\") his buddies",
"text": "Han sparkade sönder baklyktan för att spela allan för polarna",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to act tough or superior (with implied ridiculousness)"
],
"links": [
[
"tough",
"tough"
],
[
"superior",
"superior"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, colloquial) to act tough or superior (with implied ridiculousness)"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "spela Allan"
},
{
"word": "spela Allan Ballan"
},
{
"word": "leka allan"
}
],
"word": "spela allan"
}
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