säga åt

Swedish

säga åt (present säger åt, preterite sade or (informal) sa åt, supine sagt åt, imperative säg åt)

to tell (instruct or inform)
Säg åt henne att sluta upp med det där!
Tell her to stop doing that!

Vi sa åt henne att skärpa sig
We told her to straighten up

Jag sa åt honom att skynda sig
I told him to hurry up

Jag ska gå och säga åt dom att deras plan är totalt orealistisk
I'm going to go and tell them their plan is completely unrealistic
to tell off, to reprimand
Jag sa åt dom på skarpen
I told them off sharply

Particle verb. Stress on åt.
Has a tone of disapproval in contemporary Swedish, hence usually of irritatedly telling someone (not) to do something, telling off, and the like.
(sense 2) can be thought of (sense 1) with the thing being said (the telling off) implied.

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