/ˈkɔˌla/
UrsprungShortened from kollationera (“collate (documents or the like, to discover similarities and differences)”).
- to look, to watch
“De kollade på den stora älgen” — They looked at the large moose
“Vi kollade på en film” — We watched a movie
- to check (examine)
“Kolla om mjölken är slut!” — Check/see if we're out of milk!
“Kolla mejlen” — Check your email
- to actively (try to) obtain a piece of information or information on something (or someone); to look up, to check, to check out, etc.
“Vem som helst kan enkelt kolla upp var vi bor” — Anyone can easily look up where we live
“en sida där man kan kolla upp och jämföra serviceintervall för olika bilmodeller” — a site where you can look up and compare service intervals for different car models
“Snuten kommer kolla upp registreringsnumret. Vi är körda.” — The cops will check / look up the registration number. We're screwed.
- colloquialto check out (look at)
“Kolla in hyllan på bruden där borta” — Check out the rack on that chick over there
Formerkollar(present) · kollade(preterite) · kollat(supine) · kolla(imperative) · kolla(active, infinitive) · kollas(infinitive, passive) · kollat(active, supine) · kollats(passive, supine) · kolla(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · kollen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · kollar(active, indicative, present) · kollade(active, indicative, past) · kollas(indicative, passive, present) · kollades(indicative, passive, past) · kolla(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · kollade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · kollas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · kollades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)