tusan

See also: tùsan

Galician

Verb

tusan

inflection of tusir:
1. third-person plural present subjunctive
2. third-person plural imperative

Spanish

Verb

tusan

third-person plural present indicative of tusar

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish tusan(d) (“thousand”), using a thousand of something (e.g. little devils) as an emphasis. See tusen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²tʉːsan/
Rhymes: -²ʉːsan

Interjection

tusan

(mildly vulgar) damn, damnit, hell
Vem tusan är Arvid Falk?
Who the hell is Arvid Falk?

References

tusan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
tusan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
tusan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
tusan in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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