tära
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tara"
Swedish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Norse tæra, from Middle Low German teren. Compare Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk tæra.
Verb
edittära (present tär, preterite tärde, supine tärt, imperative tär)
- (transitively with på) to wear on (so as to (slowly) reduce or make weaker)
- Sjukdomen tärde på honom
- The disease wore on him
- Han verkade tärd av sjukdomen
- The disease seemed to have worn on him
- Elräkningarna tärde på deras ekonomin
- The electricity bills wore on their finances
- Det tär på krafterna att tvingas arbeta övertid
- Being forced to work overtime wears down your energy
- (archaic) to eat
Usage notes
edit"Eat away at" works decently too (though "wear on" feels a bit closer), corresponding to the second sense.
Conjugation
editConjugation of tära (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | tära | täras | ||
| Supine | tärt | tärts | ||
| Imperative | tär | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | tären | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | tär | tärde | tärs, täres | tärdes |
| Ind. plural1 | tära | tärde | täras | tärdes |
| Subjunctive2 | täre | tärde | täres | tärdes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | tärande | |||
| Past participle | tärd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||