styla

Swedish

Alternative forms

• stajla

Etymology

English style +‎ -a

Verb

styla (present stylar, preterite stylade, supine stylat, imperative styla)

1. to style (give a certain (appealing (and fashionable)) appearance)

   styla håret

   style one's hair

   homestyling

   home staging (making a property look nice in preparation for selling it – pseudo-anglicism)

2. (figuratively) to style (change (to make more attractive))

   styla om politiken för att tilltala fler

   restyle one's political policies to appeal to more people

3. (colloquial) to do something (more or less superfluous) to show off

   Han körde i diket när han sladdade med bilen för att styla för kompisarna

   He drove into the ditch when he drifted his car to show off to ("style for") his friends

Conjugation

Conjugation of styla (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	styla		stylas
supine	stylat		stylats
imperative	styla		—
imper. plural1	stylen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	stylar	stylade	stylas	stylades
ind. plural1	styla	stylade	stylas	stylades
subjunctive2	style	stylade	styles	stylades
present participle		stylande
past participle		stylad

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

References

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