fräta

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish frǣta, from Middle Low German vreten (“to eat savagely, stuff”), from Old Saxon fretan.

Verb

fräta (present fräter, preterite frätte, supine frätt, imperative frät)

  1. (acid or base) corrode, to chemically damage or destroy a material with which the substance has come into contact
    Titta nu hur syran fräter sönder materialet.
    See how the acid corrodes the material.
  2. have the ability to damage or destroy, corrode, a material it come into contact with (of acid or base)
    Koncentrerad saltsyra kan fräta sönder nästan allt.
    Concentrated hydrochloric acid can corrode almost anything.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fräta (weak)
active passive
infinitive fräta frätas
supine frätt frätts
imperative frät —
imper. plural1 fräten —
present past present past
indicative fräter frätte fräts, frätes frättes
ind. plural1 fräta frätte frätas frättes
subjunctive2 fräte frätte frätes frättes
present participle frätande
past participle frätt

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

  • (figurative) stygisk (literally “Stygian”)

Further reading

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