spruta

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sprute

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sprʉːtɑ/

Verb

spruta (present tense sprutar or spruter, past tense spruta or sprutte, past participle spruta or sprutt, present participle sprutande, imperative sprut)

1. to gush, squirt, spray

Further reading

• “spruta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspru.ta/
• Rhymes: -uta
• Syllabification: spru‧ta

Participle

spruta

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of spruty

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sprʉːta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -²ʉːta

Noun

spruta c

1. a squirt, a syringe
2. something that emits a jet of liquid

Declension

Declension of spruta
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	spruta	sprutan	sprutor	sprutorna
Genitive	sprutas	sprutans	sprutors	sprutornas

Related terms

• sprutbyte

Verb

spruta (present sprutar, preterite sprutade, supine sprutat, imperative spruta)

2. to (cause to) be ejected in a forceful jet (or several); to spray, to squirt, to spurt
3. to syringe
4. (informal) to ejaculate (semen)

   Synonyms: få utlösning, ejakulera, (slang) sarra, (slang) sagga, (slang) satsa

   Han sprutade

   He ejaculated

Usage notes

Not traveling along a surface in (sense 1). Would be called a stråle (“ray, beam”) in Swedish, which allows rays of liquid, by extension.

Conjugation

Conjugation of spruta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	spruta		sprutas
Supine	sprutat		sprutats
Imperative	spruta		—
Imper. plural1	spruten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	sprutar	sprutade	sprutas	sprutades
Ind. plural1	spruta	sprutade	sprutas	sprutades
Subjunctive2	sprute	sprutade	sprutes	sprutades
	Participles
Present participle	sprutande
Past participle	sprutad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• kulspruta
• sprutorgasm

Related terms

• sprut

See also

• spraya

References

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

Anagrams

• prutas, pustar, putsar, stupar