förvandla

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish forvandla, from Middle Low German vorwandelen, equivalent to för- + vandla. Compare Danish forvandle, German verwandeln.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

förvandla (present förvandlar, preterite förvandlade, supine förvandlat, imperative förvandla)

  1. to transform, to reshape, to convert (especially through magic, or figuratively as if through magic)
    Trollkarlen förvandlade henne till en geting
    The wizard turned her into a wasp
  2. to convert one legal punishment into another, to commute
    kommandes dessa böter, i brist av tillgång, att förvandlas i fängelse med vatten och bröd
    and these fines will, in lack of assets, be converted into prison with bread and water

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