olla varaa

Finnish

Etymology

olla (“to have”) + varaa (“means”)

Verb

olla varaa

1. to afford (with an auxiliary verb: to incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, to have sufficient funds for)

   Uskon, että meillä on varaa tarvittavaan lisätuntiin.

   I think we can afford the extra hour it will take.

   Meillä on nyt varaa vain pieneen autoon.

   We can only afford to buy a small car at the moment.

Conjugation

See olla; varaa is not inflected.