vara

Borrowed from Spanish vara. Borrowed from Portuguese vara.

vara (plural varas)

1. (historical) A unit of length in the old Spanish system (equal to 0.8359 metres) or the old Portuguese system (equal to 1.1 metres).

• Avar

vara f (plural vares)

1. rod

From Proto-Germanic *warā-, compare Swedish vara and German Ware. Cognate to Finnish vara and Livonian varā.

vara (genitive vara, partitive vara)

1. property, estate, goods; things belonging to a person or organisation

• kaasavara
• tarkvara

From Proto-Baltic *vāras, compare Lithuanian voras (“old”). Cognate to Finnish varhain.

vara

1. early

• varajane
• varakult

• hilja

From Middle Low German waren.

vara (third person singular past indicative vardi, third person plural past indicative vart, supine vart)

1. to take, to last, to require (about time)

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrɑ/, [ˈʋɑrɑ]
• Hyphenation: va‧ra

From Proto-Germanic *waraz and *warō, cognates include Swedish vara (“goods”), vara (“care”) as well as English ware, wary and aware. The Germanic roots have a shared etymology and are probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, heed, notice”). Related to Estonian vara.

vara

1. reserve, backup

   Mäyrä tarvitsee paksun rasvakerroksen talven varaksi.

   A badger needs a thick layer of fat as a reserve for winter.

   Minulla on ylimääräinen tulppa varalla.

   I have an extra plug as backup.

2. (usually in the plural) resources, reserves, funds, means, assets

   Irakilla on suuret öljyvarat.

   Iraq has large oil reserves.

   Minulla ei ole tähän varaa. (literally "I don't have the funds for this.")

   I can't afford this.

3. (usually in the singular) room, margin; allowance

   Muista jättää kutistumisen varaa.

   Remember to leave an allowance for shrinking.

   Meillä ei ole varaa virheisiin.

   We have no margin for errors.

4. (mostly in idioms and proverbs) caution, concern, care; often translated into English with an adjective, see also pitää varansa

   Pidä varasi, ettet putoa.

   Be careful so that you don't fall.

   Ei vara venettä kaada. (proverb, literally "Caution does not overturn a boat")

• (caution, concern, care): varovaisuus

• allative + 3rd-pers. sg. of olla + varaa + illative = to be able to/can afford

• Minulla ei ole varaa autoon.
  • I can't afford a car.

• heittäytyä + genitive + varaan = to bank on, count on, depend on
• jättää sattuman varaan = to leave to chance/contingency
• kaiken varalta = just in case, just to make sure, to be on the safe side
• olla varalla = to be in reserve/store, be at hand, be (readily) available
• olla + genitive + varassa = to rest on (physically), to rely/depend on (figuratively)
• pitää varansa = to watch out, watch one's step, be on one's guard, keep one's eyes open
• rakentua + genitive + varaan = to be based on, be founded on, be grounded in
• siltä varalta, että... = in case (sth happens)
• adjectives: varainen, -varaisuus, varakas, varaton
• adverbs: varaan, -varaisesti, varakkaasti, varalla, varalle, varalta, varassa, varasta
• nouns: varaamo, varallisuus, varanto, varasto, varat, varattomuus, varauma, varaus
• verbs: varata, varautua, varoa, varoittaa
• prefixes: vara-

This table also contains terms prefixed with vara-.

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese vara (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin vāra.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾa̝/

vara f (plural varas)

1. a long and thin stick, pole or rod

   Synonym: valoira

2. shoot; twig
3. (dated or historical) cloth yard; a unit of length equivalent to half a braza (½ a fathom or a yard)
   • 1335, M. Lucas Álvarez & P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos. Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 463:

     que den a uos Eluira Perez en uossa vida de tres en tres annos çinquo varas de valacyna noua ou os dineiros para ella, quantos ella custar enna tenda

     they should give you, Elvira Pérez, throughout your life each three years, five yards of new Valencian cloth or the money for them, whatever it costs in the store

• vara de ourol
• vara fragueira
• varal
• varanca
• varear
• varela

• “vara” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “vara” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “vara” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “vara” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “vara” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːra/

  Rhymes: -aːra

From Old Norse vara.

vara f (genitive singular vöru, nominative plural vörur)

1. article, commodity
2. (in the plural form) goods, wares, freight, commodities, merchandise

• vöruheiti

From Old Norse vara, from Proto-Germanic *warōną.

vara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varaði, supine varað)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to warn ^syn.

• (warn): ^def. gefa aðvörun

• vara við
• vara sig
• vara sig á
• varaðu þig
• varast

From Middle Low German waren (whence also Swedish vara, Norwegian vare, Danish vare), from Proto-Germanic *wazōną.

vara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varði, supine varað)

1. (intransitive) to last, to continue, to go on ^syn.

   Hvað varir þetta lengi?

   How long will this last?

2. (intransitive) to last, to endure, to be permanent ^syn.

• (last): ^def. standa
• (endure): ^def. endast

vara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varði, supine varað)

1. (impersonal) to expect
   • 1990, the song Það sést ekki sætari mey ("None sweeter than me can be seen") from the album Gling-Gló by Björk Guðmundsdóttir & tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar (Lyrics)

     Og fyrr en mig varði

     hver strákur á mig starði

     eins og stelpur á gleym-mér-ei

     Before I would know it

     every boy would stare at me

     the way girls do at forget-me-nots

   Gestirnir komu fyrr en mig varði.

   The guests arrived earlier than expected.

• þá er minnst varði (suddenly, unexpectedly)

vara

1. indefinite genitive plural of var

vara

1. indefinite genitive plural of vör

Related to Finnish vara.

vara

1. asset
2. reserve
3. protection

See the etymology of the main entry.

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.ra/
• Hyphenation: và‧ro

vara

1. feminine singular of varo

vara

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

• avrà

Related to Finnish vara.

vara

1. reserve

From vārus.

vāra f (genitive vārae); first declension

1. fork, forked branch
2. tripod, easel

First declension.

vāra

1. inflection of vārus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

vārā

1. ablative feminine singular of vārus

See varš.

vara m

1. genitive singular form of varš

vara f (4th declension)

1. power

vara

1. accusative/genitive singular of varra

• varen

vara m or f

1. definite feminine singular of vare

vara f

1. definite singular of vare

From Old Norse vera, earlier vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną. Cognate with Danish være, Icelandic vera.

vara

1. To be
   1. to occupy a place, to be

• Swedish: vara

vara

1. excellent
2. noble

• adhivara
• anadhivara

vara m or n

1. wish, boon, favour

As the masculine or neuter of the adjective above, as appropriate.

vara in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

From Old Portuguese vara, from Latin vara. Compare Spanish vara.

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: va‧ra

vara f (plural varas)

1. A unit of length, a yard
2. A stick, a twig
3. A district court, an original court, a trial court/court of first instance.

• varão
• varinha

vara

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of varar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of varar

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.ra/

vara

1. in the summer

vara f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of vară

vara (Cyrillic spelling вара)

1. genitive singular of var

From Latin vara

vara f (plural varas)

1. a long and thin stick, pole or rod
2. thin branch or cane (of a tree or bush)
3. a staff of office.
4. (bullfighting) bullfighter's lance
5. (obsolete) A unit of length, about 0.836 metre or three Spanish feet; equivalent to the English yard

• varilla
• varita f
• vara mágica f

• barra
• bastón
• palo
• rama

vara

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of varar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of varar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of varar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑːˌra/, IPA^(key): /ˈvɑː/

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  • Pronunciation of the present tense form of vara (“to be”) varies geographically and depending on the formality of the language. The most formal pronunciation is /ɛːr/ with a varying degree of openness in the vowel. Less formal pronunciation in running speech varies between /eː/ and /ɛː/.
• Rhymes: -ɑː

From Old Swedish vara, væra from Old Norse vera, earlier vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną. Cognate with Danish være, Icelandic vera, Norwegian være.

vara n

1. existence, being

   Varats olidliga lätthet

   The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984 novel by Milan Kundera)

vara

1. To be
   1. to occupy a place, to be (somewhere)

      Var har du varit?

      Where have you been?

   2. to occur, to take place
   3. (rare) to exist
      • c. 1847, Carl August Hagberg, translation of Shakespeare's Hamlet (c. 1601), act 3, scene 1

        Att vara eller icke vara, det är frågan: / Månn’ ädlare att lida och fördraga / Ett bittert ödes styng och pilar eller / Att ta till vapen mot ett haf af qval

        To be or not to be– that is the question: / Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, / Or to take arms against a sea of troubles

   4. (copulative) indicates that the subject and object are the same
   5. (copulative, mathematics) indicates that the values on either side of an equation are the same
   6. (copulative) indicates that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal
   7. (copulative) connects a noun to an adjective that describes it
   8. used to form the passive voice, when stressing the end result of the process
   9. (archaic) used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs

      Jag är uppstigen sedan en timme.

      I have been out of bed for an hour.

   10. used to indicate things like age, height, temperature, weather, ...

See also:

• vare (present tense conjunctive), vore (past tense conjunctive)
• ären, äro (plural present tense indicative); voro (plural past tense indicative)
• varen (second person plural imperative)

• va (strongly colloquial)

• (occupy a place): befinna sig, finnas, ligga / sitta / stå
• (to exist:): existera
• (to create passive voice:): bli (when putting stress on the process), varda (archaic, only used in the past tense (and thus one uses the corresponding past tense "vart"))
• (A special verb form which does not exist for all verbs, but when it does it is constructed by addition of the suffix -s to the active voice, to be put after any suffixes for tense. It is neutral in its use, neither really stressing the action or the result over the other.)

• närvara
• närvaro
• tillvaro
• vara till
• var så god or varsågod
• övervara

From Old Swedish vara, from Middle Low German waren, from Old Saxon waron, from Proto-Germanic *warōną. Cognate with Danish vare

vara (present varar, preterite varade, supine varat, imperative vara)

1. to last

   Mötet varade flera timmar.

   The meeting lasted several hours.

   Mjölken varar längre i kylskåpet.

   The milk will last longer in the fridge.

   Synonyms: fortfara, hålla på, pågå

• varaktig
• bevara
• förvara

In expressions like ta sig till vara, ta vara på. Old Swedish vara, from Old Norse vari, cognate with Danish vare, possibly from an unattested Old Swedish vari (care), related to Icelandic vari (“caution, carefullness”), but influenced by Middle Low German ware namen, related to German wahren, wahrnehmen.

vara ?

1. care

   ta vara på

   take care of, keep, not throw away, not waste

   ta sig till vara

   be careful, beware

From Old Swedish vara, from Old Norse vara, from Middle Low German ware. Cognate with Danish vare, German Ware, English ware. Could be related to Sanskrit vara- (valuable).

vara c

1. a ware, goods

Attested since 1664. From var (“pus”).

vara (present varar, preterite varade, supine varat, imperative vara)

1. to generate pus

   Såret började vara efter några timmar.

   The wound began to fill with pus after a few hours.

• vara in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• vara in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Related to Finnish vara.

vara

1. stock, store, inventory
2. resource
3. asset

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “запас, ресурс, состояние, средство, фонд”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika