smaska

Swedish

Onomatopoeic. Compare English smash.

smaska (present smaskar, preterite smaskade, supine smaskat, imperative smaska)

to eat noisily (due to chewing with one's mouth open)
Sluta smaska!
Stop chewing with your mouth open!
(by extension) to munch (on something tasty)
Hon smaskade på en skinkmacka
She munched on a ham sandwich
- 1980, Elsi Rydsjö, När morgonvinden blåser:
  Hon smaskade belåtet av brödet och fläsket.
  She was slurping happily from the bread and the pork.
(now rare) to make a squelching sound
- 1980, Ulla Trenter, Skyddsänglarna:
  Hon släppte ner skurtrasan på golvet så att den smaskade och satte händerna i sidorna.
  She dropped the swab on the floor so that it squelched and put her arms akimbo.

Conjugation of smaska (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	smaska		smaskas
Supine	smaskat		smaskats
Imperative	smaska		—
Imper. plural¹	smasken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	smaskar	smaskade	smaskas	smaskades
Ind. plural¹	smaska	smaskade	smaskas	smaskades
Subjunctive²	smaske	smaskade	smaskes	smaskades
	Participles
Present participle	smaskande
Past participle	—
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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