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bruka

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Albanian

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Noun

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bruka

  1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural and definite nominative singular of brukë

Lithuanian

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brùka

  1. third-person singular present of brukti
  2. third-person plural present of brukti

Lower Sorbian

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bruka

  1. genitive singular of bruk
  2. accusative singular of bruk
  3. nominative dual of bruk

Norwegian Bokmål

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bruka n

  1. definite plural of bruk (Noun 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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bruka n

  1. definite plural of bruk (Noun 2)

Etymology 2

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From Middle Low German bruken.

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bruka (present tense brukar/bruker, past tense bruka/brukte, past participle bruka/brukt, passive infinitive brukast, present participle brukande, imperative bruka/bruk)

  1. to use
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Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *brūkan.

Verb

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brūka

  1. to use

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • North Frisian: bruwcken
  • Saterland Frisian: bruke
  • West Frisian: brûke

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbru.ka/
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Syllabification: bru‧ka

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bruka

  1. third-person singular present of brukać

Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA(key): /brûka/
  • Hyphenation: bru‧ka

Noun

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brȕka f (Cyrillic spelling бру̏ка)

  1. (informal, slang) shame, disgrace
  2. (informal, slang) person in disgrace

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German bruken, from Old Saxon brukan.

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Verb

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bruka (present brukar, preterite brukade, supine brukat, imperative bruka)

  1. (auxiliary) to use to (present tense of used to); to be in the habit of
    Han brukade segla runt sjön på somrarna
    He used to sail around the lake in the summer
    Han brukar äta majs
    He often / regularly eats corn
    Hon brukar beställa en hamburgare när hon besöker restaurangen
    She usually orders a hamburger when she visits the restaurant [like "She used to order a hamburger when she visited the restaurant," but in the present tense]
  2. to use (for some purpose)
    verktyg som brukas för att forma trä
    tools used [that are used] to shape wood
    ett verktyg som kan brukas som vapen
    a tool that can be used as a weapon
    Metoden brukas som en sista utväg
    The method is used / employed as a last resort
    bruka våld
    use violence (idiomatic)
    Bruka ditt förnuft!
    Use your good sense!
    1. to cultivate, till, farm
      bruka jorden
      work the land
      röja sten så att åkrarna kan brukas
      clear rocks so that the fields can be farmed
      bruka skog
      manage forests (for forestry purposes)
    2. to use, to consume (drugs or alcohol)
      bruka alkohol under arbetstid
      consume alcohol during working hours

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  • Like English used to in (sense 1), but as natural-sounding in the present tense as in the past tense.
  • "Bruka" in (sense 2) has connotations similar to "make use of for some purpose." Outside idiomatic cases like cultivation, it can otherwise be used interchangeably with "använda," which is the more general and common word for "use."

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