skvätta
Swedish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Verb
skvätta (present skvätter, preterite skvätte, supine skvätt, imperative skvätt)
- (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.
Related terms
- skvätt (“a splash, a dash”)
See also
- stänka (“to splash, to spatter”)
Noun
skvätta c
- synonym of buskskvätta (“whinchat (bird)”)
- synonym of stenskvätta (“northern wheatear (bird)”)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | skvätta | skvättas |
| definite | skvättan | skvättans | |
| plural | indefinite | skvättor | skvättors |
| definite | skvättorna | skvättornas |