plåga

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish plagha, from Middle Low German plage, from Latin plaga (“plague, injury, wound”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === plåga c a pain, a plague, a torment (obsolete) plague Synonym: pest (obsolete) epidemic Synonym: farsot ==== Declension ==== === Verb === plåga (present plågar, preterite plågade, supine plågat, imperative plåga) to torment, to torture (more generally, through figurative weakening) to cause significant pain or distress, to plague, to torment ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “plåga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)