olla varaa

Finnish

Etymology

olla (“to have”) + varaa (“means”)

Verb

olla varaa

  1. to afford (with an auxiliary verb: to incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, to have sufficient funds for)
    Uskon, että meillä on varaa tarvittavaan lisätuntiin.
    I think we can afford the extra hour it will take.
    Meillä on nyt varaa vain pieneen autoon.
    We can only afford to buy a small car at the moment.

Conjugation

See olla; varaa is not inflected.

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