samtal

From sam- (“con-, with-”) +‎ tal (“talk”).

samtal n (genitive singular samtals, nominative plural samtöl)

1. conversation

sam- +‎ tal

• IPA^(key): /ˈsamˌtɑːl/

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samtal n

1. a conversation

   Synonym: (not in some compounds, and see usage notes) konversation

   ett samtal är när man har en konversation

   a conversation is when you have a conversation

   Samtalet handlade till en början om bävrar, men gick snart över till djur i allmänhet

   The conversation initially dealt with beavers, but soon turned to animals in general

   Jag tjuvlyssnade på deras samtal

   I eavesdropped on their conversation

   Han blev alltmer frustrerad under samtalets gång

   He became increasingly frustrated over the course of the conversation

   ett privat samtal

   a private conversation

   1. a talk

      Jag tog ett samtal med henne

      I had [took] a talk with her

      ett utvecklingssamtal

      a parent-teacher conference / a performance review

      (literally, “a development talk”)

2. a call (telephone call)

   Synonym: telefonsamtal

   ta emot ett samtal

   receive a call

   Samtalet bröts innan han hann säga var han var

   The call was cut off before he had time to say where he was

   samtalet spelas in

   this call is recorded

   ett mobilsamtal

   a cell phone call

• Samtal sounds better than konversation when confrontational, similar to how "have a talk" sounds better than "have a conversation" in that case in English. See also snack.
• Konversation sounds slightly fancier in general.

• samtala

• konversation
• snack

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

• Maltas, lamast, matsal, samlat