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hålla

Pronunciation: /²hɔla/

“hålla” is a Swedish word. Its 13 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to hold (grasp or grip)
  2. to hold (a social event, party, (larger) meeting, conference, or the like)
  3. to hold (cause to wait)
  4. to keep (restrain)
  5. to keep (a promise)
  6. to last, to keep (not spoil)
  7. to stay (keep oneself in some location)
  8. to keep (maintain)
  9. to maintain (a position, opinion, or the like)
  10. to keep (animals)
  11. to hold (successfully defend)
  12. to stay intact (not break, tear, etc.), to hold
  13. to root for, to support (a team or the like)

Etymology

From Old Swedish halda, halla, holda, holla, from Old Norse halda, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną. Further etymology uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, conceal”).

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