snacka

• Homophones: snackas, snackât

snacka

1. third-person singular past historic of snacker

Borrowed from Middle Low German snacken (“to speak, talk”). Compare Danish snakke, Norwegian Bokmål snakke and Norwegian Nynorsk snakka.

• IPA^(key): /²snakːa/

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snacka (present snackar, preterite snackade, supine snackat, imperative snacka)

1. (colloquial) to talk, to speak
2. (slang) to boast emptily
3. (slang) to reveal secrets (especially during an interrogation)

   Jag hoppas han inte snackar

   I hope he doesn't talk

• snack
• snacksalig

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

• Nackas, nackas