spola

From Old French spole, espole, from Middle Dutch spoele, from Old Dutch *spōla, *spuola, from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ (“spool”). More at spool.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Hyphenation: spò‧la

spola f (plural spole)

1. shuttle (in weaving and in transportation)
2. bobbin
3. spool

• navicella

• salpo, salpò, spalo, spalò

spola (Cyrillic spelling спола)

1. genitive singular of spol

Probably from Middle Low German spölen, from Old Saxon spōlian, from Proto-West Germanic *spōlijan.

Compare the older byform spöla. The back vowel could stem from Low German past forms with Rückumlaut. Alternatively it could be from Middle Dutch influence. Cognate with Danish spule, Norwegian Bokmål spyle, Norwegian Nynorsk spyla, and further Dutch spoelen, German spülen.

spola (present spolar, preterite spolade, supine spolat, imperative spola)

1. (often with a particle, especially av (“off”)) to flush (let water (or another liquid) flow over, usually in order clean, and usually at pressure), (when cleaning) to wash, to hose off, to rinse, etc.

   Han spolade av altanen

   He hosed off the deck

2. to flush (a toilet)

   spola toaletten

   flush the toilet

   Du glömde spola

   You forgot to flush

3. (figuratively) to flush (get rid of something that no longer seems desirable)

   Vi spolar den idén. Det kommer inte funka.

   Let's flush that idea. It won't work.

4. to reel, to spool, to wind (quickly wind on a spool or reel or the like)

   spola tillbaka bandet ― rewind the tape

   spola fram bandet ― fast forward the tape

   spola upp ny tråd ― wind new thread

• snabbspola
• spolarvätska

• skölja

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

• slopa