gripa

gripa

1. to cover

gripa

1. indefinite genitive plural of gripur

gripa f (4th declension)

1. influenza, flu

gripa f

1. influenza, flu

• gripe (e and split infinitives)

From Old Norse grípa (“to grab”), from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grasp, grab”).

• IPA^(key): /²ɡriːpɑ/

gripa (present tense grip, past tense greip, past participle gripe, passive infinitive gripast, present participle gripande, imperative grip)

1. to grab, grasp, grip
2. to seize (grab, capture)
3. to seize (take advantage of an opportunity).

• gripa dagen
• gripa inn

• grep

• “gripa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse grípa, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.

grīpa

1. to grab, to grasp
2. to surprise
3. to acquire, to take
4. to understand

• Swedish: gripa

gripa

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡripa]

gripa f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of gripă

• grȉp (Serbia)

From French grippe.

• IPA^(key): /ɡrîpa/
• Hyphenation: gri‧pa

grȉpa f (Cyrillic spelling гри̏па)

1. (Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro) flu, influenza

   Synonym: influènca

• “gripa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Italian grippa.

• IPA^(key): /ɡrîpa/
• Hyphenation: gri‧pa

grȉpa f (Cyrillic spelling гри̏па)

1. (regional, fishing) fishing net

• “gripa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): /ɡrìːpa/

grípa f

1. flu, influenza

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾipa/ [ˈɡɾi.pa]
• Rhymes: -ipa
• Syllabification: gri‧pa

gripa f (plural gripas)

1. (Colombia, Mexico) alternative form of gripe

gripa

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

• “gripa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “gripa”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

From Old Swedish grīpa, from Old Norse grípa (“to grab”), from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grasp, grab”). Cognate with Norwegian gripe, Danish gribe, Icelandic grípa, English gripe, Dutch grijpen, German greifen.

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gripa (present griper, preterite grep, supine gripit, imperative grip)

1. to catch hold of
2. to seize
3. to detain, to arrest; to take into legal custody
4. to touch deeply, to catch one's sympathies

   Scenen grep oss alla mycket djupt.

   The scene deeply touched all of us.

• grep
• grepp
• greppa
• grip
• gripbar

• gripa in Svensk ordbok.