spå

See also: Appendix:Variations of "spa"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse spá, from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, cognate with Norwegian, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). A variant of *spehōną, which is the source of German spähen (to spy) (and, via French, English spy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɔːˀ/, [ˈsb̥ɔˀ]

Verb

spå (past tense spåede, past participle spået)

  1. to predict, forecast, foretell, prophesy

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse spá.

Verb

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. to predict, forecast, foretell, prophesy

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse spá, from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spēhōną. Related to Latin specere (to see).

Verb

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. to predict, forecast, foretell, prophesy
  2. to warn, bode
  3. to assume

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse spá (to foretell, prophesy), from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spēhōną (to observe), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (to look).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spoː/
  • Rhymes: -oː

Verb

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. to foretell, to divine; to tell the future and fortune through supernatural means
  2. (by extension) to predict, to (more or less confidently) guess
    Jag spår att det kommer regna imorgon
    I predict it's going to rain tomorrow
    Hon spåddes en lysande karriär
    She was predicated to have a stellar career

Conjugation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Synonyms

  • (foretell): sia
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