skvätta

Swedish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

skvätta (present skvätter, preterite skvätte, supine skvätt, imperative skvätt)

  1. (sometimes impersonal) to splash (onto something), to scatter
    Hon skvätte vatten på sin kompis
    She splashed water on her friend
    Det skvätte vatten överallt när glaset krossades
    Water splashed everywhere when the glass shattered
    Det skvätte om hunden som skakade på sig
    The shaking dog was splashing water all around
    Vi måste lära katten att inte skvätta kattsand
    We must teach the cat not to scatter kitty litter

Usage notes

Mainly of liquids. Sometimes in an extended sense of non-liquids that might sensibly "splash," like sand, powder, etc.

See also

  • stänka (to splash, to spatter)

Noun

skvätta c

  1. Synonym of buskskvätta (whinchat (bird))
  2. Synonym of stenskvätta (northern wheatear (bird))

Declension

Declension of skvätta 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skvätta skvättan skvättor skvättorna
Genitive skvättas skvättans skvättors skvättornas

References

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