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skala

shell, pare, peel/²skɑːla/

skala as a verb

Meaning

shell; pare; peel

In Swedish: ta bort skalet från

Conjugation

Conjugation of skala (shell)
Infinitive	att skala	to shell
Present	skalar	jag skalar
Past	skalade	jag skalade
Supine	skalat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skalat	jag har skalat
Past perfect	hade skalat	jag hade skalat
Future	ska skala	or: kommer att skala
Conditional	skulle skala	jag skulle skala
Imperative	skala!	a command
Present participle	skalande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	skalad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skala
Infinitive	skalas
Present	skalas
Past	skalades
Supine	skalats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use skalar. See the four verb groups explained.

skala as a noun(en skala)

Meaning

scale; range; spectrum

In Swedish: stegvis ordnad följd av toner

Forms

Forms of skala
Singular, indefinite	en skala
Singular, definite	skalan
Plural, indefinite	skalor
Plural, definite	skalorna

skala is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor skala, den stora skalan. Check another noun

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skala in a sentence

skala lök
peel onions
skala en banan
peel a banana
Vi skalar upp kebabsåsproduktionen
We're scaling up kebab sauce production
öva skalor
practice scales
en femgradig skala
a scale of five
till höger på den politiska skalan
to the right on the political spectrum
en karta i skala 1:10 000
a map on a scale of 1:10, 000

Expressions

i stor skala
on a large scale

Questions

What does skala mean in English?

skala means “shell, pare”.

Is it en skala or ett skala?

It is en skala, and “the scale” is skalan.

What is the plural of skala?

The plural of skala is skalor, and the definite plural is skalorna.

What is the past tense of skala?

The past tense of skala is skalade (“jag skalade”). The supine is skalat, used in “jag har skalat”.

What is the present tense of skala?

skalar, the same for every person: jag skalar, du skalar, vi skalar.

Similar words

klä av

Origin

From Old Swedish skala, attested since 1400–1425.

Nearby common words

skala is number 3,734 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,730bäbis alternative form of bebis
3,731fallit fallen
3,732stam stem, trunk
3,733publicera publish
3,735terapeut therapist
3,736nätverk a network (of roads, computers, people, etc.)
3,737miljontals millions, millions of
3,738förväg See i förväg.

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