puffa
English edit
Etymology edit
From a British brand name, presumably from puff.
Noun edit
puffa (plural puffas)
Anagrams edit
Swedish edit
Verb edit
puffa (present puffar, preterite puffade, supine puffat, imperative puffa)
- to puff ((make) be emitted as a puff or puffs (of smoke or gas))
- Rök puffade ur ånglokets skorsten
- Smoke puffed out of the steam locomotive's smokestack
- puffa på en cigarr
- puff on a cigar
- (often with på or (expressing suddenness) till) to nudge (give a gentle push, sometimes figuratively)
- Hon puffade till honom i sidan. "Vakna!"
- She nudged him in the side. "Wake up!"
- Man måste puffa på dom lite för att de ska få tummen ur
- You have to nudge them a bit to get them to get their finger [thumb] out (get them to proceed with the matter at hand)
- to poke (on Facebook)
- (with för) to promote, to pitch (compare archaic sense of English puff)
- to emit short, dull bangs
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of puffa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | puffa | puffas | ||
| Supine | puffat | puffats | ||
| Imperative | puffa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | puffen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | puffar | puffade | puffas | puffades |
| Ind. plural1 | puffa | puffade | puffas | puffades |
| Subjunctive2 | puffe | puffade | puffes | puffades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | puffande | |||
| Past participle | puffad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||