vara

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See also: VARA, vara-, vára, vară, våra, varā, and vāra

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara ‎(plural varas)

  1. (historical) A unit of length in the old Spanish system (equal to 0.8359 metres) or the old Portuguese system (equal to 1.1 metres).

Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara f ‎(plural vares)

  1. rod

Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Related to Finnish vara.

Noun[edit]

vara ‎(genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. property, estate

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of vara (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vara varad
accusative vara varad
genitive vara varade
partitive vara varasid
illative varra
varasse		 varadesse
inessive varas varades
elative varast varadest
allative varale varadele
adessive varal varadel
ablative varalt varadelt
translative varaks varadeks
terminative varani varadeni
essive varana varadena
abessive varata varadeta
comitative varaga varadega

Derived terms[edit]

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German waren.

Verb[edit]

vara ‎(third person singular past indicative vardi, third person plural past indicative vart, supine vart)

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

Conjugation[edit]

   Conjugation of vara
v-1
infinitive vara
present participle varandi
past participle a7 vardur
supine vart
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!

Finnish[edit]

(index va)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *wara-z, cognates include English wary and aware. Related to Estonian vara.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrɑ/
  • Hyphenation: va‧ra

Noun[edit]

vara

  1. reserve, backup
    Mäyrä tarvitsee paksun rasvakerroksen talven varaksi.
    A badger needs a thick layer of fat as a reserve for winter.
    Minulla on ylimääräinen tulppa varalla.
    I have an extra plug as backup.
  2. (usually in the plural) resources, reserves, funds, means, assets
    Irakilla on suuret öljyvarat.
    Iraq has large oil reserves.
    Minulla ei ole tähän varaa. (literally "I don't have the funds for this.")
    I can't afford this.
  3. (usually in the singular) room, margin; allowance
    Muista jättää kutistumisen varaa.
    Remember to leave an allowance for shrinking.
    Meillä ei ole varaa virheisiin.
    We have no margin for errors.
  4. (mostly in idioms and proverbs) caution, concern, care; often translated into English with an adjective, see also pitää varansa
    Pidä varasi, ettet putoa.
    Be careful so that you don't fall.
    Ei vara venettä kaada. (proverb, literally "Caution does not overturn a boat")

Declension[edit]

Inflection of vara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative vara varat
genitive varan varojen
partitive varaa varoja
illative varaan varoihin
singular plural
nominative vara varat
accusative nom. vara varat
gen. varan
genitive varan varojen
varainrare
partitive varaa varoja
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

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse

Noun[edit]

vara f ‎(genitive singular vöru, nominative plural vörur)

  1. article, commodity
  2. (in the plural form) goods, wares, freight, commodities, merchandise
Declension[edit]
declension of vara
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vara varan vörur vörurnar
accusative vöru vöruna vörur vörurnar
dative vöru vörunni vörum vörunum
genitive vöru vörunnar varna varnanna
Derived terms[edit]
plural form

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse.

Verb[edit]

vara ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varaði, supine varað)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to warn syn.
Derived terms[edit]
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From Middle Low German waren, whence also Swedish vara, Norwegian vare, Danish vare.

Verb[edit]

vara ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varði, supine varað)

  1. (intransitive) to last, to continue, to go on syn.
    Hvað varir þetta lengi?‎
    How long will this last?
  2. (intransitive) to last, to endure, to be permanent syn.
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Verb[edit]

vara ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varði, supine varað)

  1. (impersonal) to expect
    Gestirnir komu fyrr en mig varði.
    The guests arrived earlier than expected.
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 5[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara

  1. indefinite genitive plural of var

Etymology 6[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara

  1. indefinite genitive plural of vör

Italian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

vara

  1. feminine singular of varo

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From vārus.

Noun[edit]

vāra f ‎(genitive vārae); first declension

  1. fork, forked branch
  2. tripod, easel

Inflection[edit]

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative vāra vārae
genitive vārae vārārum
dative vārae vārīs
accusative vāram vārās
ablative vārā vārīs
vocative vāra vārae

Adjective[edit]

vāra

  1. inflection of vārus:
    1. nominative feminine singular
    2. nominative neuter plural
    3. accusative neuter plural
    4. vocative feminine singular
    5. vocative neuter plural

vārā

  1. ablative feminine singular of vārus

Latvian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

See varš.

Noun[edit]

vara m

  1. genitive singular form of varš

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara f (4th declension)

  1. power
Declension[edit]
Declension of vara (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) vara varas
accusative (akuzatīvs) varu varas
genitive (ģenitīvs) varas varu
dative (datīvs) varai varām
instrumental (instrumentālis) varu varām
locative (lokatīvs) varā varās
vocative (vokatīvs) vara varas

Northern Sami[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara

  1. accusative and genitive singular of varra

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara m, f

  1. definite feminine singular of vare

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara f

  1. definite singular of vare

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Portuguese vara, from Latin vara. Compare Spanish vara.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara f (plural varas)

  1. A unit of length, a yard;
  2. A stick, a twig;
  3. A district court, an original court, a trial court/court of first instance.

Verb[edit]

vara

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of varar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of varar

Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

vara

  1. in the summer

Noun[edit]

vara f

  1. definite singular nominative and accusative form of vară.

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin vara

Noun[edit]

vara f ‎(plural varas)

  1. a long and thin stick, pole or rod
  2. thin branch or cane (of a tree or bush)
  3. a staff of office.
  4. (bullfighting) bullfighter's lance
  5. (obsolete) A unit of length, about 0.836 metre. Half a braza.

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Verb[edit]

vara

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of varar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of varar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of varar.

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɑːˌra/, IPA(key): /ˈvɑː/
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    • 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/.
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Swedish vara, væra from Old Norse vera, earlier vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną. Cognate with Danish være, Icelandic vera.

Noun[edit]

vara n

  1. existence, being
    Varats olidliga lätthet
    The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984 novel by Milan Kundera)
Declension[edit]
Declension of vara
uncountable uncountable
Neuter indefinite definite
nominative vara varat
genitive varas varats

Verb[edit]

vara

  1. To be
    1. to occupy a place, to be (somewhere)
      Var har du varit?
      Where have you been?
    2. to occur, to take place
    3. (rare) to exist
      • c. 1847, Carl August Hagberg, translation of Shakespeare's Hamlet (c. 1601), act 3, scene 1
        Att vara eller icke vara, det är frågan: / Månn’ ädlare att lida och fördraga / Ett bittert ödes styng och pilar eller / Att ta till vapen mot ett haf af qval
        To be or not to be– that is the question: / Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, / Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
    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 have been out of bed for an hour.
    10. used to indicate things like age, height, temperature, weather, ...
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of vara
Active Passive
Infinitive vara -
Present tense är -
Past tense var -
Supine varit -
Imperative var -
Present participle varande
Past participle varen

See also:

  • vare (present tense conjunctive), vore (past tense conjunctive)
  • ären, äro; voro (plural past tense (indicative)); varen (second person plural imperative)
Alternative forms[edit]
  • va (strongly colloquial)
Related terms[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
  • (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.)
See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Swedish vara, from Middle Low German waren, from Old Saxon waron and Proto-Germanic *wazōną. Cognate with Danish vare

Verb[edit]

vara ‎(present varar, preterite varade, supine varat, imperative vara)

  1. to last
    Mötet varade flera timmar.‎
    The meeting lasted several hours.
    Mjölken varar längre i kylskåpet.‎
    The milk will last longer in the fridge.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of vara
Active Passive
Infinitive vara —
Present tense varar —
Past tense varade —
Supine varat —
Imperative vara —
Present participle varande
Past participle —
Related terms[edit]
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

In expressions like ta sig till vara, ta vara på. Old Swedish vara, from Old Norse vari, cognate with Danish vare, possibly from an unattested Old Swedish vari (care), related to Icelandic vari ‎(“caution, carefullness”), but influenced by Middle Low German ware namen, related to German wahren, wahrnehmen.

Noun[edit]

vara ?

  1. care
    ta vara på
    take care of, keep, not throw away, not waste
    ta sig till vara
    be careful, beware

Etymology 4[edit]

From Old Swedish vara, from Old Norse vara, from Middle Low German ware. Cognate with Danish vare, German Ware, English ware. Could be related to Sanskrit vara- (valueable).

Noun[edit]

vara c

  1. a ware, goods
Declension[edit]
Inflection of vara 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vara varan varor varorna
Genitive varas varans varors varornas
Related terms[edit]
Related terms

Etymology 5[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

vara ‎(present varar, preterite varade, supine varat, imperative vara)

  1. to generate pus
    Såret började vara efter några timmar.
    The wound began to fill with pus after a few hours.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of vara
Active Passive
Infinitive vara varas
Present tense varar varas
Past tense varade varades
Supine varat varats
Imperative vara —
Present participle varande
Past participle —

References[edit]

Veps[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

vara

  1. stock, store, inventory
  2. resource
  3. asset

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of vara
nominative sing. vara
genitive sing. varan
partitive sing. varad
partitive plur. varoid
singular plural
nominative vara varad
accusative varan varad
genitive varan varoiden
partitive varad varoid
essive-instructive varan varoin
translative varaks varoikš
inessive varas varoiš
elative varaspäi varoišpäi
illative  ? varoihe
adessive varal varoil
ablative varalpäi varoilpäi
allative varale varoile
abessive varata varoita
comitative varanke varoidenke
prolative varadme varoidme
approximative I varanno varoidenno
approximative II varannoks varoidennoks
egressive varannopäi varoidennopäi
terminative I  ? varoihesai
terminative II varalesai varoilesai
terminative III varassai —
additive I  ? varoihepäi
additive II varalepäi varoilepäi

References[edit]

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