"sferra" meaning in Maltese

See sferra in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈsfɛr.ra/
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian sferrare. Etymology templates: {{bor+|mt|it|sferrare}} Borrowed from Italian sferrare Head templates: {{mt-verb|jisferra|sferrat|vn=sferrar}} sferra (imperfect jisferra, past participle sferrat, verbal noun sferrar) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|sferrajt|sferrajt|sferra|sferrat|sferrajna|sferrajtu|sferraw|nisferra|tisferra|jisferra|tisferra|nisferraw|tisferraw|jisferraw|sferra|sferraw}} Forms: jisferra [imperfect], sferrat [participle, past], sferrar [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], sferrajt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], sferrajt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], sferra [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], sferrajna [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], sferrajtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], sferraw [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], sferrajt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], sferrajt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], sferrat [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], sferrajna [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], sferrajtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], sferraw [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nisferra [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tisferra [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jisferra [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nisferraw [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tisferraw [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jisferraw [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nisferra [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tisferra [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tisferra [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nisferraw [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tisferraw [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jisferraw [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], sferra [imperative, second-person, singular], sferraw [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to break loose Related terms: sferrakavalli
    Sense id: en-sferra-mt-verb-InCQDNoH Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 4 2 11 2 2 4 21 3 41 1 1 4 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 1 14 1 1 5 27 2 33 0 1 4 0 5

Inflected forms

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