kämpa

See also: kampa

Swedish

Etymology

Compare Danish kæmpe and Norwegian kjempe

Pronunciation
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Verb

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  1. to fight
    Riddaren kämpade mot draken
    The knight fought the dragon
    att kämpa för rättvisa villkor
    to fight for fair conditions
    Han kämpade mot cancern
    He battled (idiomatically) his cancer (strida (“battle”) sounds overly militaristic in Swedish here)
    Kämpa!
    Fight! / Give it all you got!
  2. to struggle
    Han kämpade med ekonomin
    He struggled with his economy

Usage notes

Like kamp, kämpa can be thought of as having the basic meaning struggle, except often unidiomatic as a translation. As an example, "Kämpa!" (Fight! / Give it all you got!) can be more literally translated as "Struggle!", as in "Put in (maximum) effort!"

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References
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