avtrubba
Swedish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editav (“off”) + trubba (“blunt, dull”)
Verb
editavtrubba (present avtrubbar, preterite avtrubbade, supine avtrubbat, imperative avtrubba)
- to desensitize, to numb, to blunt (make less sensitive (or sharp or the like))
- Akutläkare blir till slut avtrubbade inför blod och inälvor
- Emergency physicians eventually become desensitized to blood and guts
- Folk blir avtrubbade av allt våld på tv
- People become numb to all the violence on TV ("are desensitized by all the violece on TV")
- Hans omdöme var avtrubbat av alkohol
- His judgment was clouded by alcohol
Conjugation
editConjugation of avtrubba (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | avtrubba | avtrubbas | ||
| Supine | avtrubbat | avtrubbats | ||
| Imperative | avtrubba | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | avtrubben | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | avtrubbar | avtrubbade | avtrubbas | avtrubbades |
| Ind. plural1 | avtrubba | avtrubbade | avtrubbas | avtrubbades |
| Subjunctive2 | avtrubbe | avtrubbade | avtrubbes | avtrubbades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | avtrubbande | |||
| Past participle | avtrubbad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||