hushålla

== Swedish == === Etymology === hushåll +‎ -a === Verb === hushålla (present hushållar, preterite hushållade, supine hushållat, imperative hushålla) to keep house (take care of domestic chores) to (frugally) manage (some (limited) resource), (often) to conserve, to economize ==== Usage notes ==== A strong conjugation like for hålla also occurs, from interpreting the word as hus + hålla. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== hushållning === References === “hushålla”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “hushålla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “hushålla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Språkrådet's Frågelådan i svenska – Heter det hushåller eller hushållar?