Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

spy

spew, throw up, vomit/spyː/

Meaning

spew; throw up; vomit

In Swedish: kasta upp (mat från magen genom munnen), kräkas

Conjugation

Conjugation of spy (spew)
Infinitive	att spy	to spew
Present	spyr	jag spyr
Past	spydde	jag spydde
Supine	spytt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har spytt	jag har spytt
Past perfect	hade spytt	jag hade spytt
Future	ska spy	or: kommer att spy
Conditional	skulle spy	jag skulle spy
Imperative	spy!	a command
Present participle	spyende	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	spydd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of spy
Infinitive	spys
Present	spys
Past	spyddes
Supine	spytts

Group 3: short verbs. The infinitive does not end in -a; present -r, past -dde, supine -tt. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use spyr. See the four verb groups explained.

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spy in a sentence

skorstenen spydde ut svart rök
the chimney spewed out black smoke

Questions

What does spy mean in English?

spy means “spew, throw up”.

What is the past tense of spy?

The past tense of spy is spydde (“jag spydde”). The supine is spytt, used in “jag har spytt”.

What is the present tense of spy?

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

Similar words

kasta uppkräkaskräksvomera

Origin

From Old Swedish spȳia, spȳa, spȳ, from Old Norse spýja, from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (“to spit, vomit”).

Nearby common words

spy is number 2,686 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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