spana

See also: Spaña, spaņa, and spāņa

Italian

Verb

spana

  1. inflection of spanare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈspana]

Participle

spana

  1. nominative singular feminine of spany

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English spanner.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

spana class IX (plural spana class X)

  1. spanner (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

References

  1. ^ Batibo, Herman M. (2002) “The Evolution of the Kiswahili Syllable Structure”, in South African Journal of African Language[1], volume 22, number 1, →DOI, page 4 of 1-10

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse *spana, from Proto-Germanic *spananą (lure; entice). Doublet of spänna. Arguably related more distantly to Ancient Greek σπάω (spáō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɑːna/

Verb

spana (present spanar, preterite spanade, supine spanat, imperative spana)

  1. spy, scout

Conjugation

Conjugation of spana (weak)
active passive
infinitive spana spanas
supine spanat spanats
imperative spana
imper. plural1 spanen
present past present past
indicative spanar spanade spanas spanades
ind. plural1 spana spanade spanas spanades
subjunctive2 spane spanade spanes spanades
present participle spanande
past participle

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English spanner.

Noun

spana

  1. spanner; wrench