förvärra

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish forværra. Cognate with Danish forværre, Norwegian Bokmål forverre and Norwegian Nynorsk forverre, forverra. Equivalent to för- + värre (worse) + -a.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /fœ̞rˈværˌa/

Verb

förvärra (present förvärrar, preterite förvärrade, supine förvärrat, imperative förvärra)

  1. to worsen; to make an already bad situation even worse

Conjugation

References

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