förlora

== Swedish == === Alternative forms === foͤrlora (obsolete typography) === Etymology === From Middle Low German vorloren (German verloren), the past participle of vorlêsen (“to lose”), from Old Saxon farliosan, from Proto-West Germanic *fraleusan, from Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną. Doublet of förlisa. Compare Afrikaans verloor. === Pronunciation === === Verb === förlora (present förlorar, preterite förlorade, supine förlorat, imperative förlora) to lose (a competition, fight, or the like) to lose (involuntarily lose possession of something concrete or abstract) Synonym: mista to lose (a relative or friend or the like, through them dying, having a falling out, or the like) Synonym: mista (with gå) to be lost (be involuntarily destroyed or lost from possession or the like) to lose (in value) (with på) to lose out, to lose (lose by doing something or from something, have to one's detriment) Antonym: vinna på (reflexive) to lose oneself (become (sometimes too) deeply focused on) ==== Usage notes ==== For misplacing things, see also tappa bort, slarva bort, and förlägga. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== förlust ==== See also ==== tappa === References === “förlora”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) förlora in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)