tappa andan

Swedish

Etymology

From tappa (lose) + andan (one's breath).

Verb

tappa andan (present tappar andan, preterite tappade andan, supine tappat andan, imperative tappa andan)

  1. to become breathless (e.g. due to getting punched in the stomach, laughing hard, or figuratively from seeing something that stirs strong emotions)
    Landskapet de såg när de kom ut ur grottan fick dom att tappa andan
    The landscape they saw when they emerged from the cave made them breathless

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