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

  • sparikassi (savings bank)

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɑːra/
  • audio(file)

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

  • (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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