spana

See also: Spaña, spaņa, spāņa, spâna, and spână

Italian

Verb

spana

  1. inflection of spanare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈspana]

Participle

spana

  1. nominative singular feminine of spany

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English spanner.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

spana class IX (plural spana class X)

  1. spanner (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)

References

  1. ^ Batibo, Herman M. (2002), “The Evolution of the Kiswahili Syllable Structure”, in South African Journal of African Language‎[1], volume 22, number 1, →DOI, page 4 of 1-10

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɑːna/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish spana, from Old Norse *spana, from Proto-Germanic *spananą (“to lure, to entice”). Doublet of spänna. Arguably related more distantly to Ancient Greek σπάω (spáō).

Verb

spana (present spanar, preterite spanade, supine spanat, imperative spana)

  1. to spy, to scout
    Synonym: speja
Conjugation
Conjugation of spana (weak)
active passive
infinitive spana spanas
supine spanat spanats
imperative spana —
imper. plural1 spanen —
present past present past
indicative spanar spanade spanas spanades
ind. plural1 spana spanade spanas spanades
subjunctive2 spane spanade spanes spanades
present participle spanande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

spana

  1. definite plural of spa

References

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English spanner.

Noun

spana

  1. spanner; wrench
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