fresta

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛsta/

  Rhymes: -ɛsta

Etymology 1

Verb

fresta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative frestaði, supine frestað)

1. put off, postpone [with dative]

Conjugation

fresta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að fresta
supine sagnbót		frestað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		frestandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	fresta	frestaði		fresti	frestaði
	þú	frestar	frestaðir		frestir	frestaðir
	hann, hún, það	frestar	frestaði		fresti	frestaði
plural	við	frestum	frestuðum		frestum	frestuðum
	þið	frestið	frestuðuð		frestið	frestuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	fresta	frestuðu		fresti	frestuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	fresta (þú), frestaðu
plural	þið	frestið (þið), frestiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

frestast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að frestast
supine sagnbót		frestast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		frestandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	frestast	frestaðist		frestist	frestaðist
	þú	frestast	frestaðist		frestist	frestaðist
	hann, hún, það	frestast	frestaðist		frestist	frestaðist
plural	við	frestumst	frestuðumst		frestumst	frestuðumst
	þið	frestist	frestuðust		frestist	frestuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	frestast	frestuðust		frestist	frestuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	frestast (þú), frestastu
plural	þið	frestist (þið), frestisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

frestaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	frestaður	frestuð	frestað	frestaðir	frestaðar	frestuð
accusative (þolfall)	frestaðan	frestaða	frestað	frestaða	frestaðar	frestuð
dative (þágufall)	frestuðum	frestaðri	frestuðu	frestuðum	frestuðum	frestuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	frestaðs	frestaðrar	frestaðs	frestaðra	frestaðra	frestaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	frestaði	frestaða	frestaða	frestuðu	frestuðu	frestuðu
accusative (þolfall)	frestaða	frestuðu	frestaða	frestuðu	frestuðu	frestuðu
dative (þágufall)	frestaða	frestuðu	frestaða	frestuðu	frestuðu	frestuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	frestaða	frestuðu	frestaða	frestuðu	frestuðu	frestuðu

Derived terms

• frestun

Etymology 2

Noun

fresta

1. indefinite genitive plural of frestur

Portuguese

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fresta

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Etruscan *𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀 (*fnestra)bor.?

Latin fenestra

Old Galician-Portuguese fẽestra

Portuguese fresta

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fẽestra (“window”) with metathesis, from Latin fenestra (“window”), of Etruscan origin.

Cognate with Galician fiestra, Spanish hiniestra, Catalan finestra, Occitan fenèstra, French fenêtre, Italian finestra, Romanian fereastră and German Fenster.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛs.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛs.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛs.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛʃ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛstɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɛʃtɐ
• Hyphenation: fres‧ta

Noun

fresta f (plural frestas)

1. gap, slit (small, narrow, usually vertical aperture in a wall, curtain or other object through which one can see)
2. (architecture) lancet window

Further reading

• “fresta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “fresta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse freista, from Proto-Germanic *fraistōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛsta/

Verb

fresta (present frestar, preterite frestade, supine frestat, imperative fresta)

1. tempt

   Hamburgaren på bordet frestade honom

   The hamburger on the table tempted him

   Det där är väldigt frestande

   That is very tempting

   • 1986, Lasse Holm, “Cannelloni, macaroni”‎:

     Campagnola, fiuggirola, quattro stagioni, marinara, capricciosa, kan inte låta bli. Jag blir fascinerad. Känner hunger, känner törst. Det gör mig passionerad. Det gör mig fylld av lust. Pescatore, vesuvio, la bussola, pompei. Vad ni frestar mig. Siciliana, al tonne [sic], vegetariano. Jag får aldrig nog. Mamma mia! Pizzeria! Cannelloni, macaroni och lasagne. I Paris, i New York City, London och Bombay har man specialmenyer. Ingenting för mig! Ge mig macaroni, cannelloni och lasagne. Spaghetti och därmed pasta [pun on och därmed basta]! Bara nämn dom vid namn. Pescatore, vesuvio ... [as before]

     Campagnola, fiuggirola, quattro stagioni, marinara, capricciosa, can't help myself. I am [become] fascinated. Feeling hunger, feeling thirst. It makes me passionate. It makes me filled [sic] with desire. Pescatore, vesuvio, la bussola, pompei. How you tempt me. Siciliana, al tonne [sic], vegetariano. I never get enough. Mamma mia! Pizzeria! Cannelloni, macaroni and lasagna. In Paris, in New York City, London and Bombay they [one] have special menus. Not [something] for me! Give me macaroni, cannelloni and lasagna. Spaghetti, and that's final! Just mention them by name. Pescatore, vesuvio ... [as before]

2. test, try, strain

   Fresta inte mitt tålamod

   Do not test/try/strain my patience

   att fresta Gud

   to tempt God

Conjugation

Conjugation of fresta (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	fresta		frestas
supine	frestat		frestats
imperative	fresta		—
imper. plural1	fresten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	frestar	frestade	frestas	frestades
ind. plural1	fresta	frestade	frestas	frestades
subjunctive2	freste	frestade	frestes	frestades
present participle		frestande
past participle		frestad

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

Related terms

• frestande (“tempting”)
• frestelse (“temptation”)

See also

• locka

References

• fresta in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• fresta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)