avvara
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From av (“off”) + vara (“to be”).
Verb
[edit]avvara (present avvarar, preterite avvarade, supine avvarat, imperative avvara)
- to (be able to) spare (do without, for example by providing to someone else)
- Vi kan tyvärr inte avvara några bilar. Alla behövs här.
- Unfortunately, we can't provide (spare) any cars. They're all needed here.
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | avvara | avvaras | ||
| supine | avvarat | avvarats | ||
| imperative | avvara | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | avvaren | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | avvarar | avvarade | avvaras | avvarades |
| ind. plural1 | avvara | avvarade | avvaras | avvarades |
| subjunctive2 | avvare | avvarade | avvares | avvarades |
| present participle | avvarande | |||
| past participle | avvarad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
References
[edit]- “avvara”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)