- to drive nails (with a hammer), to nail, to hammer
“spika med en hammare” — drive nails with a hammer
“spika fast stolarna i golvet” — nail [drive-nails fast/fixed] the chairs to the floor
“spika upp en anslagstavla på väggen” — nail [drive-nails up] a bulletin board to the wall
- to fix a formerly tentative decision, to nail down
“Vi har inte spikat semesterplanerna än” — We haven't nailed down the vacation plans yet
- to publicize a dissertation or PhD thesis
- slangto do perfectly, to get full points (on a test or an exam)
Formerspikar(present) · spikade(preterite) · spikat(supine) · spika(imperative) · spika(active, infinitive) · spikas(infinitive, passive) · spikat(active, supine) · spikats(passive, supine) · spika(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · spiken(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · spikar(active, indicative, present) · spikade(active, indicative, past) · spikas(indicative, passive, present) · spikades(indicative, passive, past) · spika(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · spikade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · spikas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · spikades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)