antasta

From Middle Low German antasten.

antasta (present antastar, preterite antastade, supine antastat, imperative antasta)

1. to molest, to grope (sexually)

   Synonyms: (grope) tafsa, (grope) talla, (grope) kladda

   • 1996, Björn Rosenström, “Ragnar”, in Låtar som är sådär [Songs that are so-so]‎^[1]:

     Ni har hört låten om Lennart, men ni har inte hört den om hans bror. Han heter Ragnar. Tillverkar vagnar. Han bor i Flen, men han har ett problem. Ragnar är översexuell, -sexuell. Han är kåt som ett djur. Han får sitta i bur. Han vill våldta och antasta allt som han ser, och när han gjort det så ber han om mer. Stackars Ragnar kastreras ska, men det är nog lika bra. Ni förstår, hans rekord ingen slår. Han har haft stake i femton år.

     You've heard the song about Lennart, but you haven't heard the one about his brother. His name is Ragnar. Makes wagons. He lives in Flen, but he has a problem. Ragnar is oversexed, -sexed. He's horny as an animal. He has to sit in a cage. He wants to rape and molest everything that he sees, and when he's done so, he asks for more. Poor Ragnar is going to be castrated, but that's probably just as well. You see, no one beats his record. He's had a hard-on for fifteen years.

2. (dated) to subject to unpleasant close contact; to harass, to accost, to attack, to disturb, etc.

   bli antastad av en aggressiv reporter

   be accosted by an aggressive reporter

   • 1998, Landet för länge sedan VI: Hemligheten bakom Saurus-Berget [The land of long ago [The land a long time ago / The land long ago] VI: The Secret of [behind] the Saurus Mountain [English title: The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock]]:

     Vad står på här? Vem är han där? Antastar du våra barn?

     What's going on here? Who is he [there]? Are you bothering [the word used in the English script] our children? [An unintentionally humorous translation to many native speakers due to the more common sense of the word]

Especially younger native speakers are likely to only be familiar with the sexual sense.

• oantastlig (“untouchable, impeccable”)

• antasta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• antasta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• antasta in Svensk ordbok (SO)