sladda

See also: slåddå

Swedish

Verb

sladda (present sladdar, preterite sladdade, supine sladdat, imperative sladda)

1. (intransitive, of a vehicle or the like) to skid, to slide sideways or obliquely, (when deliberate) to drift

   Bilen sladdade ner i diket

   The car skidded into the ditch

   • 1993, Ronny & Ragge, “Köra fort som fan [Drive fast as hell]”, in Let's Pök! [Let's Bone!]‎:

     Vi ska köra, köra fort som fan. Köra runt med bilen genom hela stan. Vi ska köra, köra fort som fan. Sladda loss och börna genom hela stan ikväll.

     We will [shall] drive, drive fast as hell. Drive around with the car through the whole town. We will drive, drive fast as hell. Drift [skid loose] and burn rubber through the whole town tonight.

2. (transitive) to groom a gravel road; to crush clods in a farm field

Declension

Conjugation of sladda (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	sladda		sladdas
supine	sladdat		sladdats
imperative	sladda		—
imper. plural1	sladden		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	sladdar	sladdade	sladdas	sladdades
ind. plural1	sladda	sladdade	sladdas	sladdades
subjunctive2	sladde	sladdade	sladdes	sladdades
present participle		sladdande
past participle		sladdad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• sladd
• sladdning

See also

• slira

References

• sladda in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sladda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sladda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• laddas