peta.
to poke, to pick ((lightly) touch or fiddle, prod or jam)
Meaning & usage
to poke, to pick ((lightly) touch or fiddle, prod or jam)
peta näsan / peta i näsan / peta sig i näsan
Han petade på det lilla djuret med pekfingret
to poke, to pick ((lightly) touch or fiddle, prod or jam) to poke (to promote burning)
to remove, drop, to cut (remove, often from a team or the like, but also more general)
Hon blev petad ur laget
Det var Nisses låt som till slut petade bort The Beatles från förstaplatsen på listorna
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. Possibly onomatopoeic. Possibly connected with the stem in words like pitt, påta, putta, pilla, and peka.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.