tusan

See also: tùsan

Galician

Verb

tusan

1. inflection of tusir:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Spanish

Verb

tusan

1. third-person plural present indicative of tusar

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish tusan(d) (“thousand”), using a thousand of something (e.g. little devils) as an emphasis. See tusen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tʉːsan/
• Rhymes: -²ʉːsan

Interjection

tusan

1. (mildly vulgar) damn, damnit, hell

   Vem tusan är Arvid Falk?

   Who the hell is Arvid Falk?

References

• tusan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tusan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tusan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• tusan in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)