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spara

spara

See also: spåra and sparā

Faroese

Verb

spara ‎(third person singular past indicative spardi, third person plural past indicative spart, supine spart)

  1. to spare
  2. to save (money)

Conjugation

Related terms

  • sparikassi (savings bank)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse spara, from Proto-Germanic *sparjaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

spara

  1. to spare
  2. to save (money)

Italian

Verb

spara

  1. third-person singular present of sparare
  2. second-person singular imperative of sparare

Anagrams

Latvian

Noun

spara m

  1. genitive singular form of spars

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse spara, from Proto-Germanic *sparjaną.

Verb

spara

  1. to save, to store
  2. to prevent, to deny
  3. to spare (someone's life)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of spara (weak)
present past
infinitive spara —
participle sparandi, -e sparþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk spar spari, -e — sparþi, -e sparþi, -e
þū spar spari, -e spar sparþi, -e sparþi, -e
han spar spari, -e — sparþi, -e sparþi, -e
vīr sparum, -om sparum, -om sparum, -om sparþum, -om sparþum, -om
īr sparin sparin sparin sparþin sparþin
þēr spara sparin — sparþu, -om sparþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk sparis sparis, -es — sparþis, -es sparþis, -es
þū sparis sparis, -es — sparþis, -es sparþis, -es
han sparis sparis, -es — sparþis, -es sparþis, -es
vīr sparums, -oms sparums, -oms — sparþums, -oms sparþums, -oms
īr sparins sparins — sparþins sparþins
þēr sparas sparins — sparþus, -os sparþins

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish spara, from Old Norse spara, from Proto-Germanic *sparjaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɑːra/

Verb

spara

  1. to save, to store for future use
  2. (computing) to save; write to a disc
  3. to save; prevent the waste of

Conjugation

Related terms

  • (save, store): spargris, sparbank, sparkonto, sparränta
  • (computing): sparning

Phrases

  • den som spar han har

Usage notes

The second set of inflections are mainly used in various dialects, but not so often in standard language (except for some fixed expressions, like den som spar han har).

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