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spetsa
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Swedish
Etymology
Verb
spetsa (present spetsar, preterite spetsade, supine spetsat, imperative spetsa)
- to impale, to spike (penetrate with something sharp)
- Många blev spetsade av Vlad Pålspetsaren
- Many people were impaled by Vlad the Impaler
- Han föll fem meter och spetsades på ett staket
- He fell five meters and was impaled on a fence
- to spike, to lace, to fortify (with alcohol or some other drug)
- Han spetsade sitt kaffe med whisky
- He spiked his coffee with whiskey
- to sharpen, to point
- spetsade pålar
- sharpened stakes
Conjugation
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
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