"fira" meaning in Swedish

See fira in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Low German firen. Etymology templates: {{bor+|sv|gml|firen}} Borrowed from Middle Low German firen Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|firar|preterite|firade|supine|firat|imperative|fira|head=}} fira (present firar, preterite firade, supine firat, imperative fira) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: firar [present], firade [preterite], firat [supine], fira [imperative], weak [table-tags], fira [active, infinitive], firas [infinitive, passive], firat [active, supine], firats [passive, supine], fira [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], firen [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], firar [active, indicative, present], firade [active, indicative, past], firas [indicative, passive, present], firades [indicative, passive, past], fira [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], firade [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], firas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], firades [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], fire [active, dated, present, subjunctive], firade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], fires [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], firades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], firande [participle, present], firad [participle, past]
  1. to celebrate (a person, happy occurrence, holiday, etc.)
    Sense id: en-fira-sv-verb-Hsnt6Xv7
  2. (sometimes reflexive, sometimes with ner (“down”)) to lower (by letting out on a rope) Tags: reflexive, sometimes
    Sense id: en-fira-sv-verb-NFQZBSfY Categories (other): Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 13 entries: 23 4 2 2 23 4 2 8 2 14 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 3 1 1 25 3 1 9 1 15 15 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 6 47 47
  3. (sometimes reflexive, sometimes with ner (“down”)) to lower (by letting out on a rope)
    to rappel, to abseil
    Tags: reflexive, sometimes
    Sense id: en-fira-sv-verb-tcIrynys Categories (other): Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 13 entries: 23 4 2 2 23 4 2 8 2 14 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 3 1 1 25 3 1 9 1 15 15 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 6 47 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: firande (english: celebration), firning, hala, hissa, hylla, sele (english: harness), vinscha

Inflected forms

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          "english": "celebrate someone who is having a birthday",
          "text": "fira någon som fyller år",
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        {
          "english": "celebrate Conny's birthday",
          "text": "fira Connys födelsedag",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "celebrate Christmas",
          "text": "fira jul",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "celebrate Midsummer",
          "text": "fira midsommar",
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          "english": "We celebrated the victory at the bar",
          "text": "Vi firade segern på krogen",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "I celebrated with a beer",
          "text": "Jag firade med en öl",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "celebrate the club's tenth anniversary",
          "text": "fira klubbens tioårsjubileum",
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        },
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          "text": "Klubben firar tio år",
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          "english": "lower Nisse into the hole",
          "text": "fira ner Nisse i hållet",
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          "english": "lower the sails",
          "text": "fira seglen",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "fira ner sig längs en bergväg",
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      "english": "harness",
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          "english": "celebrate someone who is having a birthday",
          "text": "fira någon som fyller år",
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          "english": "celebrate Conny's birthday",
          "text": "fira Connys födelsedag",
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        {
          "english": "celebrate Christmas",
          "text": "fira jul",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "fira midsommar",
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        {
          "english": "We celebrated the victory at the bar",
          "text": "Vi firade segern på krogen",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "I celebrated with a beer",
          "text": "Jag firade med en öl",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "celebrate the club's tenth anniversary",
          "text": "fira klubbens tioårsjubileum",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "The club is celebrating its tenth anniversary [celebrates ten years]",
          "text": "Klubben firar tio år",
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          "english": "lower Nisse into the hole",
          "text": "fira ner Nisse i hållet",
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        },
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          "english": "lower the sails",
          "text": "fira seglen",
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          "text": "fira ner sig längs en bergväg",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "– Hur tog ni er ner från taket? – Vi firade oss ner.\n– How did you get down from the roof? – We rappelled [ourselves] down. [Both \"fira ner sig\" and \"fira sig ner\" work, with subtly different emphasis]",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "The marines rappelled from the helicopter",
          "text": "Marinsoldaterna firade ner sig från helikoptern",
          "type": "example"
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        [
          "rappel",
          "rappel"
        ],
        [
          "abseil",
          "abseil"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sometimes reflexive, sometimes with ner (“down”)) to lower (by letting out on a rope)",
        "to rappel, to abseil"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with ner (“down”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sv:firning"
  ],
  "word": "fira"
}

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