No. 4,283 in Swedish

spiller

"Spiller" in Swedish means "spills" or "wastes."

In a sentence

Jag spiller kaffe på bordet.
I spill coffee on the table.
The verb 'spiller' here is used in a literal sense, referring to accidentally letting a liquid escape its container.
Spiller han sina hemligheter för andra?
Does he spill his secrets to others?
In this context, 'spiller' is metaphorically used to mean 'reveal' or 'divulge' in a non-literal sense.
Det känns som om jag spiller bort tiden.
It feels like I'm wasting time.
Here, 'spiller' is used to express the idea of wasting or squandering something abstract, such as time.

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