brösta
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See also: brosta
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From bröst (“chest”) + -a. Compare puff up.
Verb[edit]
brösta (present bröstar, preterite bröstade, supine bröstat, imperative brösta)
- (reflexive) to act proud (by puffing out one's chest, or figuratively), to swagger
- (reflexive, in "brösta upp sig") to act cocky
- (reflexive, often with a particle like fram (“forth”)) to make oneself broad (by pushing out one's chest)
- brösta sig fram genom en folksamling
- push through a crowd (with one's chest pushed out)
- (slang, transitive) to accept or suffer (and endure) (something negative)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of brösta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | brösta | bröstas | ||
| Supine | bröstat | bröstats | ||
| Imperative | brösta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | brösten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bröstar | bröstade | bröstas | bröstades |
| Ind. plural1 | brösta | bröstade | bröstas | bröstades |
| Subjunctive2 | bröste | bröstade | bröstes | bröstades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bröstande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Noun[edit]
brösta c
- a breaststrap (for a horse)
Declension[edit]
| Declension of brösta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | brösta | bröstan | bröstor | bröstorna |
| Genitive | bröstas | bröstans | bröstors | bröstornas |