skratta

• skratte

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• IPA^(key): /²skrɑtːɑ/

skratta (present tense skrattar, past tense skratta, past participle skratta, passive infinitive skrattast, present participle skrattande, imperative skratta/skratt)

1. to laugh loudly
2. (of birds) to cackle, make a loud noise (e.g. like a crow)

• “skratta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

skratt +‎ -a, used since 1561, cognate with Danish skratte (“to rattle, to make noise”), related to an obsolete Swedish word skrata (to scare away by making noise).

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skratta (present skrattar, preterite skrattade, supine skrattat, imperative skratta)

1. to laugh

   Synonyms: garva, flabba

   Han skrattade åt det roliga skämtet

   He laughed at the funny joke

   Man vet inte om man ska skratta eller gråta

   You don't know whether to laugh or cry

2. (poetic) The call of certain birds (chiefly seagulls).
   • 1992, Orup, “Magaluf” (0:33 from the start):

     Jag vet inte vad det var.
     Men du ville stanna kvar.
     I Magaluf där måsarna skrattar sig hesa
     När de talar om dig och mig.

     I don’t know what it was.
     But you wanted to stay.
     In Magaluf, where the seagulls laugh themselves hoarse
     When they talk about you and me.

• fnissa
• gråta (“cry”)
• haha
• le
• skräna

• skratta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skratta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skratta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• krattas, skattar