# gripa
## Garo
### Verb

gripa
* to cover

## Icelandic
### Noun

gripa
* indefinite genitive plural of gripur

## Latvian
### Noun

gripa f (4th declension)
* influenza, flu

#### Declension
## Lombard
### Noun

gripa f
* influenza, flu

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* gripe (e and split infinitives)

### Etymology

From Old Norse grípa (“to grab”), from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grasp, grab”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²ɡriːpɑ/

### Verb

gripa (present tense grip, past tense greip, past participle gripe, passive infinitive gripast, present participle gripande, imperative grip)
* to grab, grasp, grip
* to seize (grab, capture)
* to seize (take advantage of an opportunity).

#### Derived terms

* gripa dagen
* gripa inn

#### Related terms

* grep

### References

* “gripa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse grípa, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.

### Verb

grīpa
* to grab, to grasp
* to surprise
* to acquire, to take
* to understand

#### Descendants

* Swedish: gripa

## Portuguese
### Verb

gripa
* inflection of gripar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡripa]

### Noun

gripa f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of gripă

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* grȉp (Serbia)

### Etymology 1

From French grippe.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡrîpa/
* Hyphenation: gri‧pa

#### Noun

grȉpa f (Cyrillic spelling гри̏па)
* (Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro) flu, influenza
    Synonym: influènca

##### Declension
#### References

* “gripa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

### Etymology 2

From Italian grippa.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡrîpa/
* Hyphenation: gri‧pa

#### Noun

grȉpa f (Cyrillic spelling гри̏па)
* (regional, fishing) fishing net

##### Declension
#### References

* “gripa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡrìːpa/

### Noun

grípa f
* flu, influenza

#### Inflection
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɾipa/ [ˈɡɾi.pa]
* Rhymes: -ipa
* Syllabification: gri‧pa

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

gripa f (plural gripas)
* (Colombia, Mexico) Alternative form of gripe

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

gripa
* inflection of gripar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “gripa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “gripa”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish grīpa, from Old Norse grípa (“to grab”), from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grasp, grab”). Cognate with Norwegian gripe, Danish gribe, Icelandic grípa, English gripe, Dutch grijpen, German greifen.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

gripa (present griper, preterite grep, supine gripit, imperative grip)
* to catch hold of
* to seize
* to detain, to arrest; to take into legal custody
* to touch deeply, to catch one's sympathies
    Scenen grep oss alla mycket djupt.The scene deeply touched all of us.

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Derived terms

* angripa
* begripa
* föregripa
* förgripa
* inbegripa
* ingripa
* tillgripa

#### Related terms

* grep
* grepp
* greppa
* grip
* gripbar

### Further reading

* gripa in Svensk ordbok.