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blåsa

“blåsa” is a Swedish word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a bleb, a bubble
  2. a bladder, a vesica
  3. a blister, a bulla
  4. a party dress

verb

  1. to blow; to produce an air current
  2. to perform a breathalyser test
  3. to blow; to be propelled by, or to propel by, an air current
  4. to blow; to create or shape by blowing; as in blåsa bubblor (blow bubbles), blåsa glas (blow glass)
  5. to play (a wind instrument)
  6. to dupe, diddle, hoodwink

Etymology

From Old Norse blása (“to blow”), from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną. Cognate with Elfdalian blåsa, Norwegian Nynorsk blåsa and Danish blæse

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