stöta

stöt +‎ -a

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stöta (present stöter, preterite stötte, supine stött, imperative stöt)

2. (usually with a particle) to 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]

   I biljard kan man stöta köspetsen mot köbollen så att den far iväg och stöter ner en annan boll i ett hål

   In pool, you can strike the tip of the cue against the cue ball so that it goes off and knocks [down] another ball into a pocket ["bump" sounds too light in this example]

   1. to shoot (in cue sports)
   2. to crush (with a pestle or the like)

      Stöt kardemummakärnorna i morteln

      Crush the cardamom seeds in the mortar

   4. (idiomatic, in "stöta och blöta" ("pound and wet" – from pounding clothes on rocks or the like to wash them – see also the usage notes below)) to 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]

3. (in "stöta bort (“away”)") to push away, to repel (more generally, possibly at a distance)

   Synonym: (especially physics) repellera (“repel”)

   Lika laddningar stöter bort varandra

   Like charges repel each other

   1. (in "stöta bort (“away”)", figuratively) to 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

   2. to reject (a transplant)

      Immunhämmande medel förhindrar att kroppen stöter bort det transplanterade organet

      Immunosuppressive agents prevent the body from rejecting the transplanted organ

4. (with a particle, especially på, ihop, or samman, with stress on the particle) to encounter by chance
   1. 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

   2. (usually with på) to 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

5. (in "stöta på," with stress on "stöta", colloquial) to hit on (someone)

   Synonyms: (colloquial) ragga på, flörta med

   stöta på en tjej

   hit on a girl

6. to thrust, to lunge (with something)

   stöta med svärdet

   thrust with the sword

7. (often in the present participle "stötande" – see also "stött") to offend

   använda stötande ord

   use offensive/objectionable words

   ta bort stötande kommentarer

   remove offensive comments

   1. (reflexive, with med) to 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]

   2. (reflexive, with på) to be irritated by (something)

      Vissa stöter sig på hennes frispråkiga sätt

      Some take offence at [bump/knock themselves on] her outspoken manner

8. to blow (on an instrument, like a horn or a trumpet)

   stöta i hornet

   blow on the horn

9. (with i) to have a particular color tint

   Synonym: skifta i

   Mahogny stöter i rött

   Mahogany has a reddish tint

10. (athletics) to throw, to put (the ball/shot, in shot put (kulstötning))

    stöta kula

    put the shot / compete in/practice shot put

• Like bump in (sense 1), except it sometimes sounds too light. "Sharply bump" could be another gloss.
• Originally from a nursery rhyme in (sense 1.3) and implying repeatedly harping on something, though this association might be mostly lost to many native speakers.

• avstöta
• frånstötande
• grundstötning
• kulstötning
• sammanstöta
• stöta på patrull
• stöta ut
• stötare
• stötning
• stött (“offended, hurt”)
• tillstöta
• utstöta

• stöt

• stöta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• stöta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stöta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• sötat, östat