avtrubba
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]av (“off”) + trubba (“blunt, dull”)
Verb
[edit]avtrubba (present avtrubbar, preterite avtrubbade, supine avtrubbat, imperative avtrubba)
- to desensitize, to numb, to blunt (make less sensitive (or sharp or the like))
- Akutläkare blir till slut avtrubbade inför blod och inälvor
- Emergency physicians eventually become desensitized to blood and guts
- Folk blir avtrubbade av allt våld på tv
- People become numb to all the violence on TV ("are desensitized by all the violece on TV")
- Hans omdöme var avtrubbat av alkohol
- His judgment was clouded by alcohol
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | avtrubba | avtrubbas | ||
| supine | avtrubbat | avtrubbats | ||
| imperative | avtrubba | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | avtrubben | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | avtrubbar | avtrubbade | avtrubbas | avtrubbades |
| ind. plural1 | avtrubba | avtrubbade | avtrubbas | avtrubbades |
| subjunctive2 | avtrubbe | avtrubbade | avtrubbes | avtrubbades |
| present participle | avtrubbande | |||
| past participle | avtrubbad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.