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brösta

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From bröst (chest) +‎ -a. Compare puff up.

Verb

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brösta (present bröstar, preterite bröstade, supine bröstat, imperative brösta)

  1. (reflexive) to act proud (by puffing out one's chest, or figuratively), to swagger
  2. (reflexive, in "brösta upp sig") to act cocky
  3. (reflexive, often with a particle like fram (forth)) to make oneself broad (by pushing out one's chest)
    brösta sig fram genom en folksamling
    push through a crowd (with one's chest pushed out)
  4. (slang, transitive) to accept or suffer (and endure) (something negative)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of brösta (weak)
active passive
infinitive brösta bröstas
supine bröstat bröstats
imperative brösta
imper. plural1 brösten
present past present past
indicative bröstar bröstade bröstas bröstades
ind. plural1 brösta bröstade bröstas bröstades
subjunctive2 bröste bröstade bröstes bröstades
present participle bröstande
past participle

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Noun

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brösta c

  1. a breaststrap (for a horse)

Declension

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References

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