puffa

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a British brand name, presumably from puff.

Noun[edit]

puffa (plural puffas)

  1. (UK) A kind of shiny padded jacket.

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Swedish[edit]

Verb[edit]

puffa (present puffar, preterite puffade, supine puffat, imperative puffa)

  1. 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
  2. (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)
    1. to poke (on Facebook)
  3. (with för) to promote, to pitch (compare archaic sense of English puff)
  4. 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.

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