avvara
Meaning
spare
In Swedish: vara utan
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att avvara | to spare |
|---|---|---|
| Present | avvarar | jag avvarar |
| Past | avvarade | jag avvarade |
| Supine | avvarat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har avvarat | jag har avvarat |
| Past perfect | hade avvarat | jag hade avvarat |
| Future | ska avvara | or: kommer att avvara |
| Conditional | skulle avvara | jag skulle avvara |
| Imperative | avvara! | a command |
| Present participle | avvarande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | avvarad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | avvaras |
|---|---|
| Present | avvaras |
| Past | avvarades |
| Supine | avvarats |
Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use avvarar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise avvara
1 / 2Yesterday I … (avvara). Which is the past tense?
avvara in a sentence
- boken ni inte kan avvarathe book you can't be without
- Vi kan tyvärr inte avvara några bilar. Alla behövs här.Unfortunately, we can't provide (spare) any cars. They're all needed here.
Questions
What does avvara mean in English?
avvara means “spare”.
What is the past tense of avvara?
The past tense of avvara is avvarade (“jag avvarade”). The supine is avvarat, used in “jag har avvarat”.
What is the present tense of avvara?
avvarar, the same for every person: jag avvarar, du avvarar, vi avvarar.
Origin
From av (“off”) + vara (“to be”).
Nearby common words
avvara is number 8,542 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 8,538kriminaltekniker a forensic technician; a person who collect evidence from a crime scene and analyse evidence in laboratory
- 8,539överseende indulgence
- 8,540fåfänga vanity, folly
- 8,541telefonkiosk a telephone booth
- 8,543emellanåt occasionally, sometimes
- 8,544express express
- 8,545fusion amalgamation, merger
- 8,546missfall miscarriage
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary