spå
Meaning
predict; foretell; prophesy
In Swedish: förutsäga, sia
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att spå | to predict |
|---|---|---|
| Present | spår | jag spår |
| Past | spådde | jag spådde |
| Supine | spått | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har spått | jag har spått |
| Past perfect | hade spått | jag hade spått |
| Future | ska spå | or: kommer att spå |
| Conditional | skulle spå | jag skulle spå |
| Imperative | spå! | a command |
| Present participle | spående | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | spådd | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | spås |
|---|---|
| Present | spås |
| Past | spåddes |
| Supine | spåtts |
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 spår. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise spå
1 / 2Yesterday I … (spå). Which is the past tense?
spå in a sentence
- spå väderpredict the weather
- Jag spår att det kommer regna imorgonI predict it's going to rain tomorrow
- Hon spåddes en lysande karriärShe was predicated to have a stellar career
Questions
What does spå mean in English?
spå means “predict, foretell”.
What is the past tense of spå?
The past tense of spå is spådde (“jag spådde”). The supine is spått, used in “jag har spått”.
What is the present tense of spå?
spår, the same for every person: jag spår, du spår, vi spår.
Similar words
Origin
From Old Norse spá (“to foretell, prophesy”), from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spēhōną (“to observe”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).
Nearby common words
spå is number 7,714 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 7,709tempelriddare Knight Templar
- 7,711seg tough, leathery, viscous; stubborn, tenacious
- 7,712häl heel
- 7,713flygbolag airline, air company
- 7,715partikel particle
- 7,716kontroversiell disputable, contoversial
- 7,717spanare scout, spotter, point man
- 7,718hr Mr.
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