vara

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.2 Anagrams 2 Catalan 2.1 Noun 3 Faroese 3.1 Verb 3.1.1 Conjugation 4 Finnish 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension 4.2.2 Usage notes 4.2.3 Derived terms 4.2.4 Compounds 5 Icelandic 5.1 Etymology 1 5.1.1 Noun 5.2 Etymology 2 5.2.1 Verb 6 Italian 6.1 Adjective 7 Latvian 7.1 Noun 8 Portuguese 8.1 Noun 9 Romanian 9.1 Pronunciation 9.2 Noun 10 Spanish 10.1 Etymology 10.2 Noun 10.2.1 Derived terms 11 Swedish 11.1 Pronunciation 11.2 Etymology 1 11.2.1 Verb 11.2.2 Alternative spellings 11.2.3 Synonyms 11.2.4 Verb 11.2.4.1 Synonyms 11.2.5 See also 11.3 Etymology 2 11.3.1 Verb 11.3.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

vara

1. a unit of length.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aarv
• Avar

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Noun

vara

1. rod

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Verb

vara

1. to take, to last, to require (about time)

[edit] Conjugation

vara, v-1
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	vari	varir	varir	vara
Past	vardi	vardi	vardi	vardu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	var !	—	varið !
Infinitive	vara
Pres. part.	varandi
Past part. a7	vardur
Supine	vart

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[edit] Finnish

(index va)

[edit] Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: va‧ra
• IPA: ['vɑrɑ]

[edit] Noun

vara

1. (only in singular) Room, margin; allowance.

[edit] Declension

Declension of vara (type kala) singular plural nominative vara varat genitive varan varojen varain1 partitive varaa varoja accusative vara varan varat inessive varassa varoissa elative varasta varoista illative varaan varoihin adessive varalla varoilla ablative varalta varoilta allative varalle varoille essive varana varoina translative varaksi varoiksi instructive – varoin abessive varatta varoitta comitative – varoineen 1) Rare.

[edit] Usage notes

• In the senses "room"/"margin"/"allowance" this noun is used only in singular — the plural varat means "resources"/"reserves"/"stocks"/"funds"/"means"/"assets".

[edit] Derived terms

• allative + 3rd-pers. sg. of olla + varaa + illative = to be able to/can afford

• Minulla ei ole varaa autoon.
  • I can't afford a car.

• heittäytyä + genitive + varaan = to bank on, count on, depend on
• jättää sattuman varaan = to leave to chance/contingency
• kaiken varalta = just in case, just to make sure, to be on the safe side
• olla varalla = to be in reserve/store, be at hand, be (readily) available
• olla + genitive + varassa = to rest on (physically), to rely/depend on (figuratively)
• pitää varansa = to watch out, watch one's step, be on one's guard, keep one's eyes open
• rakentua + genitive + varaan = to be based on, be founded on, be grounded in
• siltä varalta, että... = in case (sth happens)
• adjectives: varakas, varaton
• nouns: varallisuus, varasto, varat
• verbs: varata, varoa, varoittaa
• postpositions: varalle
• prefixes: vara-

[edit] Compounds

• varainhoitaja
• varainhoitaja
• varaosa
• varapresidentti
• varapuheenjohtaja
• vararikko
• varatuomari
• varauloskäynti
• varaventtiili

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Etymology 1

Old Norse

[edit] Noun

vara f.

1. goods

[edit] Etymology 2

Old Norse

[edit] Verb

vara

1. to beware

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Adjective

vara f.

1. feminine form of varo

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[edit] Latvian

[edit] Noun

vara

1. power

Fourth declension noun

	singular	plural
nominative	vara	varas
genitive	varas	varu
dative	varai	varām
accusative	varu	varas
locative	varā	varās

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Noun

vara

1. a unit of length.

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'va.ra/

[edit] Noun

vara f. (singular, nominative/accusative, definite form of vară)

1. the summer

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

Latin vara

[edit] Noun

vara f. (plural varas)

1. a stick or pole or rod
2. a staff of office.
3. (obsolete) A unit of length, about 0.836 metre. Half a braza.

[edit] Derived terms

• varita f.
• vara mágica f.

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Swedish) /ˈvɑːˌra/  audio^{help, file}
  • Pronunciation of the present tense form of vara ("to be") varies geographically and depending on the formality of the language. The most formal pronunication is /ɛːr/ with a varying degree of openness in the vowel. Less formal pronunciation in running speech varies between /eː/ and /ɛː/.

[edit] Etymology 1

From a common Germanic word root with the same meaning. See etymology for Old English beon-wesan (“‘"to be"’”) for more information.

[edit] Verb

vara

Conjugations of vara
Infinitive	vara
Present tense	är
Past tense	var
Supine	varit
Imperative	var
Present participle	varande
Past participle	varen

1. To be
   1. to occupy a place
   2. to occur, to take place
   3. (rare) to exist
   4. (copulative) indicates that the subject and object are the same
   5. (copulative, mathematics) indicates that the values on either side of an equation are the same
   6. (copulative) indicates that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal
   7. (copulative) connects a noun to an adjective that describes it
   8. used to form the passive voice, when stressing the end result of the process
   9. (archaic) used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs

      Jag är uppstigen sedan en timme.

      I'm out of bed since an hour.

   10. used to indicate things like age, height, temperature, weather, ...

[edit] Alternative spellings

• va (strongly colloquial)

[edit] Synonyms

occupy a place

• befinna sig
• finnas
• ligga / sitta / stå

to exist

• existera

to create passive voice

• bli (when putting stress on the process)
• varda (archaic, only used in the past tense (and thus one uses the corresponding past tense "vart"))
• (A special verb form which does not exist for all verbs, but when it does it is constructed by addition of the suffix -s to the active voice, to be put after any suffixes for tense. It is neutral in its use, neither really stressing the action or the result over the other.)

[edit] Verb

vara

Conjugations of vara
Infinitive	vara
Present tense	varar
Past tense	varade
Supine	varat
Imperative	vara
Present participle	varande, varandes
Past participle

1. To last.

   Mötet varade flera timmar.

   "The meeting lasted several hours.

   Mjölken kommer vara längre i kylskåp.

   "The milk will last longer in the fridge."

[edit] Synonyms

• fortfara
• hålla på

[edit] See also

• vare
• vore
• voro
• äro

[edit] Etymology 2

Attested since 1664. From var (“‘pus’”).

[edit] Verb

vara

Conjugations of vara
Infinitive	vara
Present tense	varar
Past tense	varade
Supine	varat
Imperative	vara
Present participle	varande, varandes
Past participle

1. To generate pus.

   Såret började vara efter några timmar.

   "The wound began to fill with pus after a few hours."

[edit] Noun

vara c.

Inflection for vara	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	vara	varan	varor	varorna
Possessive form	varas	varans	varors	varornas

1. A ware, goods.