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spela

Pronunciation: /²speːla/

“spela” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to play; a game, a tune, a melody, an instrument or a role
  2. to gamble
  3. to wind (ropes and such)

Etymology

From Old Norse spila, borrowed from Middle Low German spillen, from Old Saxon spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn. Equivalent to spel + -a.

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