vara

See also: VARA, vara-, vára, vară, våra, varā, and vāra

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vara. Borrowed from Portuguese vara.

Noun

vara (plural varas)

  1. (historical) A unit of length in the old Spanish system (equal to 0.8359 metres) or the old Portuguese system (equal to 1.1 metres).

Anagrams

Catalan

Noun

vara f (plural vares)

  1. rod

Estonian

Etymology

Related to Finnish vara.

Noun

vara (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. property, estate

Inflection

Derived terms

Faroese

Etymology

From Middle Low German waren.

Verb

vara (third person singular past indicative vardi, third person plural past indicative vart, supine vart)

  1. to take, to last, to require (about time)

Conjugation

Finnish

(index va)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrɑ/
  • Hyphenation: va‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Swedish Swedish vara (“goods”).

Noun

vara

  1. reserve, backup
    Mäyrä tarvitsee paksun rasvakerroksen talven varaksi.
    A badger needs a thick layer of fat as a reserve for winter.
    Minulla on ylimääräinen tulppa varalla.
    I have an extra plug as backup.
  2. (usually in the plural) resources, reserves, funds, means, assets
    Irakilla on suuret öljyvarat.
    Iraq has large oil reserves.
    Minulla ei ole tähän varaa. (literally "I don't have the funds for this.")
    I can't afford this.
  3. (usually in the singular) room, margin; allowance
    Muista jättää kutistumisen varaa.
    Remember to leave an allowance for shrinking.
    Meillä ei ole varaa virheisiin.
    We have no margin for errors.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wara-z, cognates include English wary and aware. Related to Estonian vara.

Noun

vara

  1. (mostly in idioms and proverbs) caution, concern, care; often translated into English with an adjective, see also pitää varansa
    Pidä varasi, ettet putoa.
    Be careful so that you don't fall.
    Ei vara venettä kaada. (proverb, literally "Caution does not overturn a boat")

Declension

Inflection of vara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative vara varat
genitive varan varojen
partitive varaa varoja
illative varaan varoihin
singular plural
nominative vara varat
accusative nom. vara varat
gen. varan
genitive varan varojen
varainrare
partitive varaa varoja
inessive varassa varoissa
elative varasta varoista
illative varaan varoihin
adessive varalla varoilla
ablative varalta varoilta
allative varalle varoille
essive varana varoina
translative varaksi varoiksi
instructive — varoin
abessive varatta varoitta
comitative — varoineen

Synonyms

Derived terms

Compounds

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaːra/
    Rhymes: -aːra

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vara.

Noun

vara f (genitive singular vöru, nominative plural vörur)

  1. article, commodity
  2. (in the plural form) goods, wares, freight, commodities, merchandise
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vara, from Proto-Germanic *warōną.

Verb

vara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varaði, supine varað)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to warn syn.
Synonyms
  • (warn): def. gefa aðvörun
Derived terms
  • vara við
  • vara sig
  • vara sig á
  • varaðu þig
  • varast

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German waren (whence also Swedish vara, Norwegian vare, Danish vare), from Proto-Germanic *wazōną.

Verb

vara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varði, supine varað)

  1. (intransitive) to last, to continue, to go on syn.
    Hvað varir þetta lengi?
    How long will this last?
  2. (intransitive) to last, to endure, to be permanent syn.
Synonyms

Etymology 4

Verb

vara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varði, supine varað)

  1. (impersonal) to expect
    Gestirnir komu fyrr en mig varði.
    The guests arrived earlier than expected.
Derived terms
  • þá er minnst varði (suddenly, unexpectedly)

Etymology 5

Noun

vara

  1. indefinite genitive plural of var

Etymology 6

Noun

vara

  1. indefinite genitive plural of vör

Ingrian

Etymology

Related to Finnish vara.

Noun

vara

  1. asset
  2. reserve
  3. protection

Italian

Adjective

vara

  1. feminine singular of varo

Anagrams

Karelian

Etymology

Related to Finnish vara.

Noun

vara

  1. reserve

Latin

Etymology

From vārus.

Noun

vāra f (genitive vārae); first declension

  1. fork, forked branch
  2. tripod, easel

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative vāra vārae
genitive vārae vārārum
dative vārae vārīs
accusative vāram vārās
ablative vārā vārīs
vocative vāra vārae

Adjective

vāra

  1. inflection of vārus:
    1. nominative feminine singular
    2. nominative neuter plural
    3. accusative neuter plural
    4. vocative feminine singular
    5. vocative neuter plural

vārā

  1. ablative feminine singular of vārus

Latvian

Etymology 1

See varš.

Noun

vara m

  1. genitive singular form of varš

Etymology 2

Noun

vara f (4th declension)

  1. power
Declension

Northern Sami

Noun

vara

  1. accusative and genitive singular of varra

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

vara m, f

  1. definite feminine singular of vare

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vara f

  1. definite singular of vare

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vera, earlier vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną. Cognate with Danish være, Icelandic vera.

Verb

vara

  1. To be
    1. to occupy a place, to be

Conjugation

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese vara, from Latin vara. Compare Spanish vara.

Pronunciation

Noun

vara f (plural varas)

  1. A unit of length, a yard
  2. A stick, a twig
  3. A district court, an original court, a trial court/court of first instance.

Derived terms

Verb

vara

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of varar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of varar

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.ra/

Adverb

vara

  1. in the summer

Noun

vara f

  1. definite singular nominative and accusative form of vară.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vara

Noun

vara f (plural varas)

  1. a long and thin stick, pole or rod
  2. thin branch or cane (of a tree or bush)
  3. a staff of office.
  4. (bullfighting) bullfighter's lance
  5. (obsolete) A unit of length, about 0.836 metre. Half a braza.

Derived terms

See also

Verb

vara

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of varar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of varar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of varar.

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɑːˌra/, IPA(key): /ˈvɑː/
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    • Pronunciation of the present tense form of vara (“to be”) varies geographically and depending on the formality of the language. The most formal pronunciation is /ɛːr/ with a varying degree of openness in the vowel. Less formal pronunciation in running speech varies between /eː/ and /ɛː/.
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vara, væra from Old Norse vera, earlier vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną. Cognate with Danish være, Icelandic vera.

Noun

vara n

  1. existence, being
    Varats olidliga lätthet
    The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984 novel by Milan Kundera)
Declension
Declension of vara 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative vara varat — —
Genitive varas varats — —

Verb

vara

  1. To be
    1. to occupy a place, to be (somewhere)
      Var har du varit?
      Where have you been?
    2. to occur, to take place
    3. (rare) to exist
      • c. 1847, Carl August Hagberg, translation of Shakespeare's Hamlet (c. 1601), act 3, scene 1
        Att vara eller icke vara, det är frågan: / Månn’ ädlare att lida och fördraga / Ett bittert ödes styng och pilar eller / Att ta till vapen mot ett haf af qval
        To be or not to be– that is the question: / Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, / Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
    4. (copulative) indicates that the subject and object are the same
    5. (copulative, mathematics) indicates that the values on either side of an equation are the same
    6. (copulative) indicates that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal
    7. (copulative) connects a noun to an adjective that describes it
    8. used to form the passive voice, when stressing the end result of the process
    9. (archaic) used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs
      Jag är uppstigen sedan en timme.
      I have been out of bed for an hour.
    10. used to indicate things like age, height, temperature, weather, ...
Conjugation

See also:

  • vare (present tense conjunctive), vore (past tense conjunctive)
  • ären, äro (plural present tense indicative); voro (plural past tense indicative)
  • varen (second person plural imperative)
Alternative forms
  • va (strongly colloquial)
Synonyms
  • (occupy a place): befinna sig, finnas, ligga / sitta / stå
  • (to exist:): existera
  • (to create passive voice:): bli (when putting stress on the process), varda (archaic, only used in the past tense (and thus one uses the corresponding past tense "vart"))
  • (A special verb form which does not exist for all verbs, but when it does it is constructed by addition of the suffix -s to the active voice, to be put after any suffixes for tense. It is neutral in its use, neither really stressing the action or the result over the other.)
See also

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish vara, from Middle Low German waren, from Old Saxon waron, from Proto-Germanic *warōną. Cognate with Danish vare

Verb

vara (present varar, preterite varade, supine varat, imperative vara)

  1. to last
    Mötet varade flera timmar.
    The meeting lasted several hours.
    Mjölken varar längre i kylskåpet.
    The milk will last longer in the fridge.
    Synonyms: fortfara, hålla på, pågå
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 3

In expressions like ta sig till vara, ta vara på. Old Swedish vara, from Old Norse vari, cognate with Danish vare, possibly from an unattested Old Swedish vari (care), related to Icelandic vari (“caution, carefullness”), but influenced by Middle Low German ware namen, related to German wahren, wahrnehmen.

Noun

vara ?

  1. care
    ta vara på
    take care of, keep, not throw away, not waste
    ta sig till vara
    be careful, beware

Etymology 4

From Old Swedish vara, from Old Norse vara, from Middle Low German ware. Cognate with Danish vare, German Ware, English ware. Could be related to Sanskrit vara- (valueable).

Noun

vara c

  1. a ware, goods
Declension
Declension of vara 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vara varan varor varorna
Genitive varas varans varors varornas

Etymology 5

Attested since 1664. From var (“pus”).

Verb

vara (present varar, preterite varade, supine varat, imperative vara)

  1. to generate pus
    Såret började vara efter några timmar.
    The wound began to fill with pus after a few hours.
Conjugation

References

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish vara.

Noun

vara

  1. stock, store, inventory
  2. resource
  3. asset

Inflection

Inflection of vara
nominative sing. vara
genitive sing. varan
partitive sing. varad
partitive plur. varoid
singular plural
nominative vara varad
accusative varan varad
genitive varan varoiden
partitive varad varoid
essive-instructive varan varoin
translative varaks varoikš
inessive varas varoiš
elative varaspäi varoišpäi
illative ? varoihe
adessive varal varoil
ablative varalpäi varoilpäi
allative varale varoile
abessive varata varoita
comitative varanke varoidenke
prolative varadme varoidme
approximative I varanno varoidenno
approximative II varannoks varoidennoks
egressive varannopäi varoidennopäi
terminative I ? varoihesai
terminative II varalesai varoilesai
terminative III varassai —
additive I ? varoihepäi
additive II varalepäi varoilepäi

References

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