fresta

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛsta/

  Rhymes: -ɛsta

fresta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative frestaði, supine frestað)

1. (transitive, with dative) put off, postpone

• frestun

fresta

1. indefinite genitive plural of frestur

From Old Galician-Portuguese fẽestra (“window”) by metathesis, from Latin fenestra (“window”), of Etruscan origin. Cognate with Galician fiestra, Spanish hiniestra, Catalan finestra, Occitan fenèstra, French fenêtre, Italian finestra, Romanian fereastră and German Fenster.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛstɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɛʃtɐ
• Hyphenation: fres‧ta

fresta f (plural frestas)

1. a gap or slit; a small, narrow, usually vertical, aperture in a wall, curtain or other objects by which one can see what is beyond or outside them
2. a narrow window

From Old Norse freista.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛsta/

fresta (present frestar, preterite frestade, supine frestat, imperative fresta)

1. tempt

   Hamburgaren på bordet frestade honom

   The hamburger on the table tempted him

   Det där är väldigt frestande

   That is very tempting

   • 1986, Lasse Holm (lyrics and music), “Cannelloni, macaroni”‎:

     Campagnola, fiuggirola, quattro stagioni, marinara, capricciosa, kan inte låta bli. Jag blir fascinerad. Känner hunger, känner törst. Det gör mig passionerad. Det gör mig fylld av lust. Pescatore, vesuvio, la bussola, pompei. Vad ni frestar mig. Siciliana, al tonne [sic], vegetariano. Jag får aldrig nog. Mamma mia! Pizzeria! Cannelloni, macaroni och lasagne. I Paris, i New York City, London och Bombay har man specialmenyer. Ingenting för mig! Ge mig macaroni, cannelloni och lasagne. Spaghetti och därmed pasta [pun on och därmed basta]! Bara nämn dom vid namn. Pescatore, vesuvio ... [as before]

     Campagnola, fiuggirola, quattro stagioni, marinara, capricciosa, can't help myself. I am fascinated. Feeling hunger, feeling thirst. It makes me passionate. It makes me filled with desire. Pescatore, vesuvio, la bussola, pompei. How you tempt me. Siciliana, al tonne , vegetariano. I never get enough. Mamma mia! Pizzeria! Cannelloni, macaroni and lasagna. In Paris, in New York City, London and Bombay they have special menus. Not for me! Give me macaroni, cannelloni and lasagna. Spaghetti, and that's final! Just mention them by name. Pescatore, vesuvio ...

2. test, try, strain

   Fresta inte mitt tålamod

   Do not test/try/strain my patience

   att fresta Gud

   to tempt God

• frestande (“tempting”)
• frestelse (“temptation”)

• locka

• fresta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fresta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fresta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)