öva

From Middle Low German ȫven, from Old Saxon ōbian, from Proto-Germanic *ōbijaną (“to do, practice”), see also German üben (“to practice”).

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öva (present övar, preterite övade, supine övat, imperative öva)

1. to practice, to train to do something, to exercise

   Jag kan inte spela gitarr än, men jag övar varje dag.

   I cannot play the guitar yet, but I practice every day.

   Vi övar på att spela gitarr.

   We practice playing the guitar.

• Used with på when mentioning what is practiced. Hence "öva varje dag" (practice every day) but "öva på att spela gitarr" (practice playing the guitar.)

• träna
• praktisera (to practice)

• öva in Svensk ordbok.