spara

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See also: spåra and sparā

Faroese

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to spare
  2. to save (money)

Conjugation

Conjugation of spara (group v-1)
infinitive spara
supine spart
present past
first singular spari spardi
second singular sparir spardi
third singular sparir spardi
plural spara spardu
participle (a7)1 sparandi spardur
imperative
singular spar!
plural sparið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse spara, from Proto-Germanic *sparāną, from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (to be productive; earn). Cognate with Danish spare, English spare and German sparen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspaːra/
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Verb

spara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sparaði, supine sparað)

  1. to spare
  2. to save (money)

Conjugation

spara – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur spara
supine sagnbót sparað
present participle
sparandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég spara sparaði spari sparaði
þú sparar sparaðir sparir sparaðir
hann, hún, það sparar sparaði spari sparaði
plural við spörum spöruðum spörum spöruðum
þið sparið spöruðuð sparið spöruðuð
þeir, þær, þau spara spöruðu spari spöruðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú spara (þú), sparaðu
plural þið sparið (þið), spariði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
sparast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur sparast
supine sagnbót sparast
present participle
sparandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég sparast sparaðist sparist sparaðist
þú sparast sparaðist sparist sparaðist
hann, hún, það sparast sparaðist sparist sparaðist
plural við spörumst spöruðumst spörumst spöruðumst
þið sparist spöruðust sparist spöruðust
þeir, þær, þau sparast spöruðust sparist spöruðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú sparast (þú), sparastu
plural þið sparist (þið), sparisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
sparaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
sparaður spöruð sparað sparaðir sparaðar spöruð
accusative
(þolfall)
sparaðan sparaða sparað sparaða sparaðar spöruð
dative
(þágufall)
spöruðum sparaðri spöruðu spöruðum spöruðum spöruðum
genitive
(eignarfall)
sparaðs sparaðrar sparaðs sparaðra sparaðra sparaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
sparaði sparaða sparaða spöruðu spöruðu spöruðu
accusative
(þolfall)
sparaða spöruðu sparaða spöruðu spöruðu spöruðu
dative
(þágufall)
sparaða spöruðu sparaða spöruðu spöruðu spöruðu
genitive
(eignarfall)
sparaða spöruðu sparaða spöruðu spöruðu spöruðu

See also

Further reading

Italian

Verb

spara

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

Anagrams

Latvian

Noun

spara m

  1. genitive singular of spars

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

spara

  1. singular imperative of sparian

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

spara

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

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Swedish: spara

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

spara (present sparar or spar, preterite sparade or sparde, supine sparat or spart, imperative spara or spar)

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

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).

Conjugation

Conjugation of spara (weak)
active passive
infinitive spara sparas
supine sparat sparats
imperative spara
imper. plural1 sparen
present past present past
indicative sparar sparade sparas sparades
ind. plural1 spara sparade sparas sparades
subjunctive2 spare sparade spares sparades
present participle sparande
past participle sparad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of spara (weak)
active passive
infinitive spara sparas
supine spart sparts
imperative spar
imper. plural1 sparen
present past present past
indicative spar sparde spars, spares spardes
ind. plural1 spara sparde sparas spardes
subjunctive2 spare sparde spares spardes
present participle sparande
past participle spard

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams