Swedish adverb · conjunction· top 100 most common
bara
only, just, merely/²bɑːra/
bara as an adverb
Meaning
only; just; merely
In Swedish: endast
bara as a conjunction
Meaning
if
In Swedish: om
Practise bara
1 / 1What does bara mean?
bara in a sentence
- det är bara att kliva påjust walk in
- jag har bara en krona kvarI've only got one krona left
- av bara fartenautomatically, unintentionally
- Jag ska bara läsa den här sidan också.I'll just read this page too.
- Vi har bara en bil.We have only one car.
- du kan gå nu, bara du är tillbaka före tolvyou can go now, provided you're back by twelve
Questions
What does bara mean in English?
bara means “only, just”.
Similar words
Where the course teaches it
Origin
From Old Swedish bara, from Old Norse *bara (“barely, only”), from *barr, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare”).
Nearby common words
bara is number 41 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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