spruta

• sprute

• IPA^(key): /²sprʉːtɑ/

spruta (present tense sprutar or spruter, past tense spruta or sprutte, past participle spruta or sprutt, present participle sprutande, imperative sprut)

1. to gush, squirt, spray

• “spruta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspru.ta/
• Rhymes: -uta
• Syllabification: spru‧ta

spruta

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of spruty

From Old Norse sprúta, from Proto-Germanic *spreutaną.

• IPA^(key): /²sprʉːta/

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• Rhymes: -²ʉːta

spruta c

1. something that emits a jet of liquid (or several); a sprayer, a squirt

   vattenspruta

   water sprayer [generic, like in English]

   brandspruta

   fire engine [including older and non-vehicle equipment – compare brandbil (“fire truck”)]

   (literally, “fire sprayer”)

2. a syringe

   sprutor på en bricka

   syringes on a tray

   sprutor och nålar

   syringes and needles

   Sköterskan satte sprutan i armen

   The nurse put the needle [the syringe] in my arm

   vara rädd för sprutor

   be afraid of needles ["syringes" – idiomatic]

   sprutfobi

   needle phobia

   1. a shot; an injection (focusing more on the contents)

      Sköterskan gav henne en spruta

      The nurse gave her a shot

      en spruta mot difteri, stelkramp och kikhosta

      a shot against diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough

      ta en stelkrampsspruta

      take a tetanus shot

Swedish often idiomatically has spruta (“syringe”) where English idiomatically has needle.

• sprutbyte (“needle exchange”)

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spruta (present sprutar, preterite sprutade, supine sprutat, imperative spruta)

2. to (cause to) be ejected as a jet (or several); to spray, to squirt, to spurt

   spruta vatten på någon med en slang

   spray water on someone with a hose

   spruta med en vattenpistol

   squirt with a water gun

   gråta så att tårarna sprutar

   cry one's eyes out ["cry so that the tears spray" – idiomatic]

   Blodet sprutade åt alla håll

   Blood was spraying in all directions

   Formel 1-föraren sprutades ner / blev nedsprutad med champagne

   The Formula 1 driver was sprayed [down] with champagne

3. to be forcefully emitted or propelled (of a non-liquid, similar to above)

   Gruset sprutade om rallybilens däck i hårnålskurvan

   [The] gravel sprayed around/about the tires of the rally car in the hairpin curve [more forceful-sounding than "kicked up" or the like]

   1. to breathe, to spew (fire)

      en eldsprutande drake

      a fire-breathing [fire-spraying] dragon

4. (often with in (“in”)) to inject, to syringe

   Vid en intravenös injektion sprutas läkemedlet direkt in i blodet

   During ["at" – when dealing with] an intravenous injection, the medication is injected directly into the bloodstream [blood]

5. (informal) to ejaculate (semen)

   Synonyms: få utlösning, ejakulera, (slang) sarra, (slang) sagga, (slang) satsa

   Han sprutade

   He ejaculated

• Spraya is used for spraying with a spray can or spray bottle or the like, where spruta sounds too forceful. To "psst" is to spraya.
• Not traveling along a surface in (sense 1). Would be called a stråle (“ray, beam”) in Swedish, which allows rays of liquid, by extension.

• kulspruta
• sprutorgasm

• sprut

• nål (“needle”)

• forsa
• injicera
• spraya

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

• prutas, pustar, putsar, stupar