brösta

See also: brosta

Swedish

Etymology

From bröst (“chest”) +‎ -a. Compare puff up.

Verb

brösta (present bröstar, preterite bröstade, supine bröstat, imperative brösta)

  1. (reflexive) to act proud (by puffing out one's chest, or figuratively), to swagger
  2. (reflexive, in "brösta upp sig") to act cocky
  3. (reflexive, often with a particle like fram (“forth”)) to make oneself broad (by pushing out one's chest)
    brösta sig fram genom en folksamling
    push through a crowd (with one's chest pushed out)
  4. (slang, transitive) to accept or suffer (and endure) (something negative)

Conjugation

Conjugation of brösta (weak)
active passive
infinitive brösta bröstas
supine bröstat bröstats
imperative brösta —
imper. plural1 brösten —
present past present past
indicative bröstar bröstade bröstas bröstades
ind. plural1 brösta bröstade bröstas bröstades
subjunctive2 bröste bröstade bröstes bröstades
present participle bröstande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Noun

brösta c

  1. a breaststrap (for a horse)

Declension

Declension of brösta
nominative genitive
singular indefinite brösta bröstas
definite bröstan bröstans
plural indefinite bröstor bröstors
definite bröstorna bröstornas

References

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