tära
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tara"
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Norse tæra, from Middle Low German teren. Compare Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk tæra.
Verb
[edit]tära (present tär, preterite tärde, supine tärt, imperative tär)
- (transitively with på) to wear on (so as to (slowly) reduce or make weaker)
- Sjukdomen tärde på honom
- The disease wore on him
- Han verkade tärd av sjukdomen
- The disease seemed to have worn on him
- Elräkningarna tärde på deras ekonomin
- The electricity bills wore on their finances
- Det tär på krafterna att tvingas arbeta övertid
- Being forced to work overtime wears down your energy
- (archaic) to eat
Usage notes
[edit]"Eat away at" works decently too (though "wear on" feels a bit closer), corresponding to the second sense.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of tära (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | tära | täras | ||
| Supine | tärt | tärts | ||
| Imperative | tär | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | tären | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | tär | tärde | tärs, täres | tärdes |
| Ind. plural1 | tära | tärde | täras | tärdes |
| Subjunctive2 | täre | tärde | täres | tärdes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | tärande | |||
| Past participle | tärd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||