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tabba.

to goof up

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to goof up

    reflexive
    Jag hade fått full pott på matteprovet om jag inte tabbat mig på det enklaste talet
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. From a surface analysis, a variation of tappa (“to lose, to drop”) (cf. Scanian taba, Danish tabe) in certain situations, either directly or by influence; compare: att tabba det (“to goof up”) vs att tappa det (“to lose the situation”). Other relations are found in words deriving from Proto-Germanic *tabōną, such as Swedish töva (“to delay”), Norwegian tava (“to work hard for nothing, to fumble”), German tappen (“to fumble”). See also Swedish dabba.

verb
  1. to tab (use the Tab key on a computer)

Where this word comes from

From tab (the keyboard button) + -a (action suffix).

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