In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | spå |
| Present | spår |
| Past | spådde |
| Imperative | spå |
| Supine | spått |
Verbs conjugated like 'spå'
anförtro,
avsky,
avtvå,
bebo,
bero,
beströ,
beså,
bete,
betro,
bo,
bredså,
bry,
eftertrå,
ernå,
fly,
flå,
förebrå,
förespå,
förete,
förmå, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'spå'
så,
slå,
spä,
spy,
stå,
apa,
aspa,
få,
flå,
gå,
Translations
predict, to state, or make something known in advance
Sample Sentences
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Jag spår att det kommer regna imorgon (I predict it's going to rain tomorrow)
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Hon spåddes en lysande karriär (She was predicated to have a stellar career)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. spa; jfr fd. spaa, spa (d. spå), fvn. spá (nor. spå); i avljudsförh. till mlt. speien, fht. spēhōn (t. spähen) osv. (se SPEJA, v.
2); eg.: se för sin inre syn. — Jfr -SPÅ, SPÅDOM, SPÅKA, v. References:
1
2. From Old Norse spá (“to foretell, prophesy”), from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spēhōną (“to observe”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*spahōną'.
Verbs referencing "spå"
Finnish with old forms
povata, Danish
spå.
Cognates
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Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.