lätta

See also: latta, laetta, látta, lättä, and latta-

Swedish

Etymology

From lätt (light) + -a, in the sense of "make/become lighter."

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

lätta (present lättar, preterite lättade, supine lättat, imperative lätta)

  1. (transitive (usually with ), intransitive) to ease, to lighten, to loosen (concretely or abstractly)
    Antonym: (of a belt or the like) dra åt
    trycket lättade
    the pressure eased
    lätta på gaspedalen
    ease up on the accelerator
    lätta på bördan
    lighten the burden
    lätta på bältet
    loosen the belt
  2. to subside (of a storm or the like)
    Stormen lättade
    The storm subsided
  3. (intransitive) to take off (from the ground, from notion of becoming so "light" so as to take off)
    Synonym: lyfta
    Flygplanet lättade
    The airplane took off

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Adjective

lätta

  1. inflection of lätt:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

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