styla

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

English style +‎ -a

Verb

styla (present stylar, preterite stylade, supine stylat, imperative styla)

  1. to style (give a certain (appealing (and fashionable)) appearance)
    styla håret
    style one's hair
    homestyling
    home staging (making a property look nice in preparation for selling it – pseudo-anglicism)
  2. (figuratively) to style (change (to make more attractive))
    styla om politiken för att tilltala fler
    restyle one's political policies to appeal to more people
  3. (colloquial) to do something (more or less superfluous) to show off
    Han körde i diket när han sladdade med bilen för att styla för kompisarna
    He drove into the ditch when he drifted his car to show off to ("style for") his friends

Conjugation

Conjugation of styla (weak)
active passive
infinitive styla stylas
supine stylat stylats
imperative styla —
imper. plural1 stylen —
present past present past
indicative stylar stylade stylas stylades
ind. plural1 styla stylade stylas stylades
subjunctive2 style stylade styles stylades
present participle stylande
past participle stylad

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

References

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