spela

• IPA^(key): /ˈspe.la/
• Rhymes: -ela
• Hyphenation: spé‧la

spela

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

From Middle Low German spelen, spillen.

• spele (e-infinitive)
• spållå (dialect)

• IPA^(key): /²speːlɑ/

spela (present tense spelar/speler, past tense spela/spelte, past participle spela/spelt, passive infinitive spelast, present participle spelande, imperative spela/spel)

1. to play

• avspeling
• dataspel
• spelar
• spelemann

• leike, leika

spela n

1. definite plural of spel

• “spela” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse spila, borrowed from Middle Low German spillen, from Old Saxon spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn. Equivalent to spel +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /²speːla/

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spela (present spelar, preterite spelade, supine spelat, imperative spela)

1. to play; a game, a tune, a melody, an instrument or a role
2. to gamble
3. to wind (ropes and such)

• spelare
• spelning

• → Finnish: pelata

• leka

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