Swedish verb · noun· top 5,000 most common

smälla

slam, bang, crack, snap

smälla as a verb

Meaning

slam; bang; crack; snap; punch; knock; smack; rap

In Swedish: ge ifrån sig en kort och hård knall

Conjugation

Conjugation of smälla (slam)
Infinitive	att smälla	to slam
Present	smäller	jag smäller
Past	smällde	jag smällde
Supine	smällt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har smällt	jag har smällt
Past perfect	hade smällt	jag hade smällt
Future	ska smälla	or: kommer att smälla
Conditional	skulle smälla	jag skulle smälla
Imperative	smäll!	a command
Present participle	smällande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	smälld	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of smälla
Infinitive	smällas
Present	smälls
Past	smälldes
Supine	smällts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use smäller. See the four verb groups explained.

smälla as a noun(en smälla)

Meaning

a flyswatter; something that has a banging sound

Forms

Forms of smälla
Singular, indefinite	en smälla
Singular, definite	smällan
Plural, indefinite	smällor
Plural, definite	smällorna

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

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smälla in a sentence

hon smällde till honom
she gave him a good punch
Smäll inte i dörren!
Don't slam the door!
Han smällde till honom
He smacked him
Smällarna smällde omkring dom
The firecrackers banged around them

Expressions

smälla lika högt som
make no difference

Questions

What does smälla mean in English?

smälla means “slam, bang”.

Is it en smälla or ett smälla?

It is en smälla, and “the a flyswatter” is smällan.

What is the plural of smälla?

The plural of smälla is smällor, and the definite plural is smällorna.

What is the past tense of smälla?

The past tense of smälla is smällde (“jag smällde”). The supine is smällt, used in “jag har smällt”.

What is the present tense of smälla?

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

Similar words

knalla

Nearby common words

smälla is number 3,043 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,039mur wall
3,040avundsjuk jealous (bitterly or enviously competitive), envious
3,041instinkt instinct
3,042tvekan doubt
3,044råk open channel (in ice)
3,045total complete
3,046besökt visited
3,047törstig thirsty

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary