fräta

Swedish
A warning sign for corrosive substance.

Etymology

From Middle Low German vreten (“to eat savagely, stuff”).

Verb

fräta

  1. (acid or base) corrode, to chemically damage or destroy a material with which the substance has come into contact
    Titta nu hur syran fräter sönder materialet.
    See now how the acid corrode the material.
  2. (of acid or base) have the ability to damage or destroy, corrode, a material it come into contact with
    Koncentrerad saltsyran kan fräta sönder nästan allt.
    Concentraded hydrochloric acid can corrode almost everything.
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