trubba
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
trubba (present trubbar, preterite trubbade, supine trubbat, imperative trubba)
- to blunt, to dull (make not sharp)
- Kroken hade trubbats (av) mot sjöns stenbotten
- The hook had been blunted by the rocky bottom of the lake
- (figuratively) to blunt, to numb, to desensitize (make less sensitive, sharp, or the like)
- Synonym: avtrubba
- Allt våld man ser gör att man till slut trubbas av
- All the violence you see eventually makes you numb ("does so that one eventually is blunted")
- Sömnbristen hade trubbat av omdömet
- Lack of sleep had clouded her judgment
Usage notes edit
- Usually with av (“off”).
- Usually figurative.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of trubba (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | trubba | trubbas | ||
| Supine | trubbat | trubbats | ||
| Imperative | trubba | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | trubben | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | trubbar | trubbade | trubbas | trubbades |
| Ind. plural1 | trubba | trubbade | trubbas | trubbades |
| Subjunctive2 | trubbe | trubbade | trubbes | trubbades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | trubbande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||