Betydning av spare På norsk

• 0 extra and available to use if necessary -- ekstra

  • a spare tire in the trunk of the car et reservehjul i bagasjerommet på bilen

  • Do you have a spare pen I could borrow? Har du en ekstra penn jeg kan låne?

  • I have no spare time at all this week. Jeg har ikke noe ledig tid overhodet denne uken.

• 1 to give sth to sb when you have more than you need -- avse

  • I have some paper I can spare. Jeg har noe papir jeg kan avse.

  • Can you spare anyone to help us out? Kan du unnvære noen for å hjelpe oss?

• 2 to save from having to suffer -- spare

  • She was spared the embarrassment of having to apologize. Hun ble spart for skammen ved å måtte be om unnskyldningen.

  • She begged them to spare her father’s life. Hun bønnfalt dem om å spare hennes fars liv.

• 3 to make a big effort, spend a lot of money, etc. -- ikke å spare noen anstrengelser/på noenting

  • He spared no expense on the wedding. Han sparte ikke på noenting til bryllupet.

• 4 left over, extra -- til overs

  • I have twenty minutes to spare, so let’s get some coffee. Jeg har tjue minutter til overs, så la oss få oss noe kaffe.

  • I bought two pairs of jeans and still had money to spare. Jeg kjøpte to par olabukser, og hadde fortsatt penger til overs.

• 5 an extra of sth that you can use if necessary -- reservedel [ masculine ]

  • The batteries are dead, and I don’t have any spares. Batteriene er flate, og jeg har ingen ekstra.

• 6 to manage without -- spare/skåne for

  • No-one can be spared from this office.

• 7 to afford or set aside for a purpose -- avse

  • I can’t spare the time for a holiday.

• 8 to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc -- spare, skåne

  • ‘Spare us!’ they begged.

• 9 to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person) -- skåne

  • Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.

• 10 to avoid using, spending etc -- spare på

  • He spared no expense in his desire to help us.

• 11 to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc) -- spare for

  • I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.

• 12 extra; not actually being used -- ekstra, reserve-, til overs

  • We haven’t a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.

• 13 (of time etc) free for leisure etc -- fri-

  • What do you do in your spare time?

• 14 a spare part (for a car etc) -- reservedel

  • They sell spares at that garage.

• 15 an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies. -- reservedekk