"varva" meaning in Swedish

See varva in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From varv (“lap”) + -a. Etymology templates: {{suffix|sv|varv|a|t1=lap}} varv (“lap”) + -a Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|varvar|preterite|varvade|supine|varvat|imperative|varva|head=}} varva (present varvar, preterite varvade, supine varvat, imperative varva), {{sv-verb-reg}} varva (present varvar, preterite varvade, supine varvat, imperative varva) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: varvar [present], varvade [preterite], varvat [supine], varva [imperative], no-table-tags [table-tags], varva [active, infinitive], varvas [infinitive, passive], varvat [active, supine], varvats [passive, supine], varva [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], varven [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive], varvar [active, indicative, present], varvade [active, indicative, past], varvas [indicative, passive, present], varvades [indicative, passive, past], varva [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present], varvade [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past], varvas [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present], varvades [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past], varve [active, dated, present, subjunctive], varvade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], varves [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], varvades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], varvande [active, participle, past, present], varvad [active, participle, past]
  1. (sports) to lap (pass someone (usually a fellow contestant) who has completed fewer laps than oneself)
    Sense id: en-varva-sv-verb-anbbSiXc Categories (other): Sports, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 47 9 11 33 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. to layer
    Sense id: en-varva-sv-verb-9TdO9CKl
  3. (figuratively) to alternate between, to intersperse Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-varva-sv-verb-tE7Bkx7O
  4. (video games, slang, somewhat dated) to beat a video game or reach a point where it loops back to the beginning Tags: dated, slang Synonyms: klara, klara ut
    Sense id: en-varva-sv-verb-Z2EANfyD Categories (other): Video games, Swedish terms suffixed with -a Disambiguation of Swedish terms suffixed with -a: 24 15 27 34 Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: varva ner, varva upp

Inflected forms

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      "form": "varva",
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        "(sports) to lap (pass someone (usually a fellow contestant) who has completed fewer laps than oneself)"
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          "english": "stand-up comedy interspersed with musical performances",
          "text": "ståuppkomik varvat med musikframträdanden",
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        "(figuratively) to alternate between, to intersperse"
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          "text": "Jag varvade Super Mario Bros. igår",
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          "english": "stand-up comedy interspersed with musical performances",
          "text": "ståuppkomik varvat med musikframträdanden",
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          ],
          "english": "I beat Super Mario Bros. yesterday",
          "text": "Jag varvade Super Mario Bros. igår",
          "translation": "I beat Super Mario Bros. yesterday",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to beat a video game or reach a point where it loops back to the beginning"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "video game",
          "video game"
        ],
        [
          "beat",
          "beat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(video games, slang, somewhat dated) to beat a video game or reach a point where it loops back to the beginning"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "klara"
        },
        {
          "word": "klara ut"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "varva"
}

Download raw JSONL data for varva meaning in Swedish (6.1kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'imper. plural'",
  "path": [
    "varva"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "varva",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'ind. plural'",
  "path": [
    "varva"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "varva",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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