förtala

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish fortala. Compare Danish fortale and Icelandic fyrirmæla. === Verb === förtala (present förtalar, preterite förtalade, supine förtalat, imperative förtala) (law) defame, slander, libel Synonym: ärekränka calumniate, cast aspersions Synonyms: baktala, smutskasta ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== baktala === References === “förtala”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “förtala”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “förtala”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)