spränga

See also: spranga

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Swedish sprængia, from Old Norse sprengja, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *springaną (see springa).

Verb

spränga (present spränger, preterite sprängde, supine sprängt, imperative spräng)

  1. blow up; to destroy something through an explosion
  2. cause something to explode
  3. to (quickly) arrest enough people in a criminal gang or organization to cause it to break up
    Polisen sprängde en spritsmugglarliga.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. (billiards) break

Conjugation
Conjugation of spränga (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive spränga sprängas
Supine sprängt sprängts
Imperative spräng —
Imper. plural1 sprängen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative spränger sprängde sprängs, spränges sprängdes
Ind. plural1 spränga sprängde sprängas sprängdes
Subjunctive2 spränge sprängde spränges sprängdes
Participles
Present participle sprängande
Past participle sprängd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

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