Meaning of peta | Babel Free
Definitioner
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to poke, to pick ((lightly) touch or fiddle, prod or jam) often
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to poke (to promote burning) often
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to remove, drop, to cut (remove, often from a team or the like, but also more general) colloquial, often
Exempel
“peta näsan / peta i näsan / peta sig i näsan”
pick one's nose
“Han petade på det lilla djuret med pekfingret”
He poked the little animal with his index finger
“Margit var kräsmagad och petade alltid bort oliverna ur salladen”
Margit was a picky eater and always picked ("poked") the olives out of the salad
“Hon blev petad ur laget”
She was dropped from the team ("poked out of the team")
“Det var Nisses låt som till slut petade bort The Beatles från förstaplatsen på listorna”
It was Nisse's song that finally knocked The Beatles off the top of the charts ("poked away The Beatles")
CEFR-nivå
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.