UrsprungFrom Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“water; wet”).
- to wash
- to separate gold from dirt and sand with a pan
“Har du någonsin vaskat guld?” — Have you ever washed gold?
- informalto get at valuable items or thoughts from an abundance of less interesting material
“Har du lyckats vaska fram något om den misstänkte?” — Have you been able to find something about the suspect (from all information available)?
- slangto buy (expensive) champagne (at a restaurant) and pour it (or have it poured) down the drain (to flaunt wealth)
- broadly, slangto buy anything and deliberately destroy it (to flaunt wealth)
Formervaskar(present) · vaskade(preterite) · vaskat(supine) · vaska(imperative) · vaska(active, infinitive) · vaskas(infinitive, passive) · vaskat(active, supine) · vaskats(passive, supine) · vaska(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · vasken(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · vaskar(active, indicative, present) · vaskade(active, indicative, past) · vaskas(indicative, passive, present) · vaskades(indicative, passive, past) · vaska(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · vaskade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · vaskas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · vaskades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)