frånvara

Swedish

Etymology

från + vara

Verb

frånvara (present frånvarar, preterite frånvarade, supine frånvarat, imperative frånvara)

  1. to be absent

Usage notes

  • except for the present participle, the verb is a recent (20th century) construction as an antonym to närvara, and does not appear in older texts

Conjugation

Further reading

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