irra
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
irra (present tense irrar, past tense irra, past participle irra, passive infinitive irrast, present participle irrande, imperative irra/irr)
- alternative spelling of irre
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Probably borrowed from English yeehah or yeehaw.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈi.ʁɐ/ [ˈi.hɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈi.ʁɐ/ [ˈi.χɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈi.ʁa/ [ˈi.ha]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈi.ʁɐ/
Interjection
irra
- yeehaw
- Used to express displeasure or annoyance
Further reading
- “irra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin īra. Cognate with Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian ira, English and French ire, Albanian irë.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiʐ.ʐa/, [ˈi.ʐːa]
- Hyphenation: ìr‧ra
Noun
irra f (plural irri)
- (usually uncountable) anger, ire, wrath
- (Christianity, uncountable) anger (deadly sin)
- hatred
- Synonym: scedu
- (figurative) fury, violence
- Synonyms: furia, viulenza
See also
Swedish
Etymology
From German irren (“wander, stray, err, mistake”, verb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪrˌa/
Verb
irra (present irrar, preterite irrade, supine irrat, imperative irra)
- (often with a particle, especially omkring (“around”) or runt (“around”)) to wander, to stray, to rove, to ramble (move (erratically and) more or less aimlessly (due to being lost or searching for something or the like))
- Han hade irrat omkring i skogen i två dagar när vi hittade honom
- He had been wandering around the forest for two days when we found him
- Efter lite irrande hittade vi fram
- After a bit of lost wandering around, we found our way there [found our way forth (to the destination)]
- Jag tog en promenad från hotellet och irrade bort mig
- I took a walk from the hotel and got lost ("irred myself lost")
- Nisse irrade iväg i fel riktning
- Nisse wandered off in the wrong direction (can also imply heading the wrong way or the like in a somewhat confused manner, like here)
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | irra | irras | ||
| supine | irrat | irrats | ||
| imperative | irra | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | irren | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | irrar | irrade | irras | irrades |
| ind. plural1 | irra | irrade | irras | irrades |
| subjunctive2 | irre | irrade | irres | irrades |
| present participle | irrande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
References
- irra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- irra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- irra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- irra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)