slåss

From the verb slå.

slåss (imperative and present tense slåss, simple past sloss, past participle slåss)

1. to fight (contend in physical conflict)

• slåsskamp

• slåst (Nynorsk)

• “slåss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Passive of slå.

slåss (present tense slåss, past tense sloss, past participle sleges or slåss, imperative slåss)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of slåst

Passive form of slå.

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slåss (present slåss, preterite slogs, supine slagits, imperative slåss)

1. (deponent, intransitive) to fistfight (battle with fists, (repeatedly) punch), (usually more idiomatic) to fight

   Pojkarna slogs på skolgården

   The boys were fighting (fist fighting) in the schoolyard

   De slogs mot monstret

   They fought (with fists against) the monster (also implying that the monster punches back)

   Hon gillar att slåss

   She likes to fight (fist fight)

   Sluta slåss!

   Stop punching me! / (if of other people's fighting) Stop fighting!

2. (deponent, intransitive, figuratively) to fight (for something)

   Han slogs för det han trodde på

   He fought for what he believed in

• slå

• bråka
• slagsmål
• strida

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