avvara

Swedish

Etymology

av (“off”) +‎ vara (“be”)

Verb

avvara (present avvarar, preterite avvarade, supine avvarat, imperative avvara)

1. to (be able to) spare (do without, for example by providing to someone else)

   Vi kan tyvärr inte avvara några bilar. Alla behövs här.

   Unfortunately, we can't provide (spare) any cars. They're all needed here.

Conjugation

Conjugation of avvara (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	avvara		avvaras
Supine	avvarat		avvarats
Imperative	avvara		—
Imper. plural1	avvaren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	avvarar	avvarade	avvaras	avvarades
Ind. plural1	avvara	avvarade	avvaras	avvarades
Subjunctive2	avvare	avvarade	avvares	avvarades
	Participles
Present participle	avvarande
Past participle	avvarad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• avvara in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• avvara in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• avvara in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)