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Italian
Verb
offra
- inflection of offrire:
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian uffriri (conjugated offri) and/or Italian offrire, both from Latin offerre.
Pronunciation
Verb
offra (imperfect joffri, past participle offrut or offert)
- to offer
- Ma nista’ noffrilek xejn għajr tazza te. ― All I can offer you is a cup of tea.
Conjugation
Swedish
Verb
offra (present offrar, preterite offrade, supine offrat, imperative offra)
- to sacrifice (a holy ritual)
Till solen offrades en vit ren.- To the sun a white reindeer was sacrificed.
- to sacrifice, to abstain (from an opportunity), to allow (something to go to waste), to give up – to get something else
- Hunden Kita offrade sitt liv för att rädda poliserna.
- The dog Kita gave her life to save the policemen.
- Jag har offrat sömn för att se "bara ett avsnitt till".
- I have given up sleep to see "just one more episode".
- to make (someone) a victim or scapegoat
Läkarna offrades när Talin behövde en fiende.- Physicians were blamed/punished when Talin needed an enemy.
Conjugation
Conjugation of offra (weak)