"spela" meaning in Swedish

See spela in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /speːla/ Audio: Sv-spela.ogg
Etymology: From Old Norse spila, borrowed from Middle Low German spillen, from Old Saxon spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn. Equivalent to spel + -a. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|spila}} Old Norse spila, {{der|sv|gml|spillen}} Middle Low German spillen, {{der|sv|osx|spilōn}} Old Saxon spilōn, {{der|sv|gmw-pro|*spilōn}} Proto-West Germanic *spilōn, {{suffix|sv|spel|a}} spel + -a Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|spelar|preterite|spelade|supine|spelat|imperative|spela|head=}} spela (present spelar, preterite spelade, supine spelat, imperative spela) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: spelar [present], spelade [preterite], spelat [supine], spela [imperative], weak [table-tags], spela [active, infinitive], spelas [infinitive, passive], spelat [active, supine], spelats [passive, supine], spela [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], spelen [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], spelar [active, indicative, present], spelade [active, indicative, past], spelas [indicative, passive, present], spelades [indicative, passive, past], spela [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], spelade [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], spelas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], spelades [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], spele [active, dated, present, subjunctive], spelade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], speles [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], spelades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], spelande [participle, present], spelad [participle, past]
  1. to play; a game, a tune, a melody, an instrument or a role
    Sense id: en-spela-sv-verb-nnzLmQxt Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish terms suffixed with -a Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 79 11 10 Disambiguation of Swedish terms suffixed with -a: 53 25 22
  2. to gamble
    Sense id: en-spela-sv-verb-mjCrkHoF
  3. to wind (ropes and such)
    Sense id: en-spela-sv-verb-tNr07qab
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: spelare, spelning, leka
Derived forms: anspela, avspela, inspela, spela allan (english: act tough and superior), spela av, spela bort, spela Hamlet utan prinsen av Danmark, spela in, spela köttflöjt, spela roll!, spela skinnbanjo, spela skjortan av, spela ut, spela upp, spela över, uppspela

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "anspela"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "avspela"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "inspela"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "act tough and superior",
      "word": "spela allan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "spela av"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "spela bort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "spela Hamlet utan prinsen av Danmark"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "spela in"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "spela köttflöjt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "spela roll!"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "spela skinnbanjo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "spela skjortan av"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "spela ut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "spela upp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "spela över"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "uppspela"
    }
  ],
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse spila, borrowed from Middle Low German spillen, from Old Saxon spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn. Equivalent to spel + -a.",
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    {
      "form": "spelar",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelade",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelat",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spela",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "spela",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive",
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    },
    {
      "form": "spelat",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelats",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spela",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "spelen",
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        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "spelas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "spelades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spela",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "indicative",
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        "plural",
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    },
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        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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        "past",
        "subjunctive"
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        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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      "form": "spelande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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        "7": "supine",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "spelare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "spelning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "leka"
    }
  ],
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        }
      ],
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        "to play; a game, a tune, a melody, an instrument or a role"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ],
        [
          "game",
          "game"
        ],
        [
          "tune",
          "tune"
        ],
        [
          "melody",
          "melody"
        ],
        [
          "instrument",
          "instrument"
        ],
        [
          "role",
          "role"
        ]
      ]
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        "to gamble"
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        [
          "gamble",
          "gamble"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "to wind (ropes and such)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "wind",
          "wind"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/speːla/"
    },
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      "text": "audio"
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  ],
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    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Saxon",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Swedish terms suffixed with -a",
    "Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Swedish terms with audio links",
    "Swedish verbs",
    "Swedish weak verbs"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "anspela"
    },
    {
      "word": "avspela"
    },
    {
      "word": "inspela"
    },
    {
      "english": "act tough and superior",
      "word": "spela allan"
    },
    {
      "word": "spela av"
    },
    {
      "word": "spela bort"
    },
    {
      "word": "spela Hamlet utan prinsen av Danmark"
    },
    {
      "word": "spela in"
    },
    {
      "word": "spela köttflöjt"
    },
    {
      "word": "spela roll!"
    },
    {
      "word": "spela skinnbanjo"
    },
    {
      "word": "spela skjortan av"
    },
    {
      "word": "spela ut"
    },
    {
      "word": "spela upp"
    },
    {
      "word": "spela över"
    },
    {
      "word": "uppspela"
    }
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      "form": "spelar",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelade",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelat",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spela",
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        "imperative"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "spela",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "infinitive"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "spelats",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spela",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spela",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "spelas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spele",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speles",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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        "6": "spelade",
        "7": "supine",
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        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "spelare"
    },
    {
      "word": "spelning"
    },
    {
      "word": "leka"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to play; a game, a tune, a melody, an instrument or a role"
      ],
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        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ],
        [
          "game",
          "game"
        ],
        [
          "tune",
          "tune"
        ],
        [
          "melody",
          "melody"
        ],
        [
          "instrument",
          "instrument"
        ],
        [
          "role",
          "role"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to gamble"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gamble",
          "gamble"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to wind (ropes and such)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wind",
          "wind"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/speːla/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-spela.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/84/Sv-spela.ogg/Sv-spela.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Sv-spela.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spela"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.