spå

See also: SPA, spa, Spa, Spaa, SpA, spA, spá, śpa, and spáa

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse spá

Verb

spå (imperative spå, present tense spår, passive spås, simple past spådde, past participle spådd, present participle spående)

  1. to predict, forecast, foretell, prophesy

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse spá (“to foretell, prophesy”), from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spēhōną (“to observe”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -oː

Verb

spå

  1. to foretell; to tell the future and fortune
  2. to forecast (the weather)

Conjugation
Conjugation of spå (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive spå spås
Present tense spår spås
Past tense spådde spåddes
Supine spått spåtts
Imperative spå —
Present participle spående
Past participle spådd

Synonyms
  • (foretell): sia
  • (foretell): spådom, spåkunnig, spåkvinna, spåman
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