spå

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Verb

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

to predict, forecast, foretell, prophesy

References

“spå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

to foretell; to tell the future and fortune
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

Related terms

(foretell): spådom, spåkunnig, spåkvinna, spåman

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