/²støːta/
- usuallyto hit ((against) something) with a short, sharp impact; to bump, etc. (see usage notes below)
“Båten stötte i/emot bryggan” — The boat bumped against the pier
“Jag råkade stöta emot honom när jag gick förbi” — I accidentally bumped into [against] him as I was walking past
“Hon stötte till honom i sidan med armbågen” — She elbowed him in the side [bumped till (expresses a sudden and brief action) him in the side with her elbow]
- usuallyto shoot (in cue sports)
- usuallyto crush (with a pestle or the like)
“Stöt kardemummakärnorna i morteln” — Crush the cardamom seeds in the mortar
- idiomatic, usuallyto deliberate on (an issue or the like), (often) to discuss back and forth
“en fråga som stötts och blötts i tio år” — an issue that has been discussed back and forth / has been labored over [has been pounded and wet] for ten years [fairly calm-sounding despite the stöta/pound]
- to push away, to repel (more generally, possibly at a distance)
“Lika laddningar stöter bort varandra” — Like charges repel each other
- figurativelyto push away, to alienate, etc.
“Hon stöter bort folk med sin attityd” — She pushes people away with her attitude
“Enkolumnslayouten riskerar att stöta bort desktop-användare” — The single-column layout risks alienating desktop users
- to reject (a transplant)
“Immunhämmande medel förhindrar att kroppen stöter bort det transplanterade organet” — Immunosuppressive agents prevent the body from rejecting the transplanted organ
- to meet by chance; to run into, to bump into, (more idiomatic for an animal) to encounter, etc.
“Jag stötte på en bekant nere på stan” — I ran into an acquaintance downtown
“Vi stötte på en björn i skogen” — We encountered a bear in the forest
- usuallyto encounter (a thing or something more abstract); to run into, to meet with, to come across, to encounter, to hit on, etc.
“stöta på problem [see also stöta på patrull]” — run into problems
“Förslaget stötte på motstånd” — The proposal met with resistance
“Vi stötte på en gammal övergiven gruva under promenaden” — We came across / hit on an old abandoned mine during the walk
- colloquialto hit on (someone)
“stöta på en tjej” — hit on a girl
- to thrust, to lunge (with something)
“stöta med svärdet” — thrust with the sword
- to offend
“använda stötande ord” — use offensive/objectionable words
“ta bort stötande kommentarer” — remove offensive comments
- reflexiveto upset (so as to get on bad terms with), to get on the wrong side of
“Jag tycker ditt förslag är bättre, men jag vill inte stöta mig med ledningen” — I think your proposal is better, but I don't want to upset / get on the wrong side of [bump/knock myself with] management
“Det kan vara farligt att stöta sig med maffian” — Getting on the wrong side of the mafia can be dangerous [It can be dangerous to bump/knock oneself with the mafia]
- reflexiveto be irritated by (something)
“Vissa stöter sig på hennes frispråkiga sätt” — Some take offence at [bump/knock themselves on] her outspoken manner
- to blow (on an instrument, like a horn or a trumpet)
“stöta i hornet” — blow on the horn
- to have a particular color tint
“Mahogny stöter i rött” — Mahogany has a reddish tint
- to throw, to put (the ball/shot, in shot put (kulstötning))
“stöta kula” — put the shot / compete in/practice shot put
Formerstöter(present) · stötte(preterite) · stött(supine) · stöt(imperative) · stöta(active, infinitive) · stötas(infinitive, passive) · stött(active, supine) · stötts(passive, supine) · stöt(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · stöten(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · stöter(active, indicative, present) · stötte(active, indicative, past) · stöts(indicative, passive, present) · stötes(indicative, passive, present) · stöttes(indicative, passive, past) · stöta(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · stötte(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · stötas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)