UrsprungNamed after William Banting, author of an early diet. According to SO attested since 1885. In a figurative sense attested since 1956.
Cognate with English banting.
- to diet (in order to lose weight)
“att banta och gå på en sträng diet” — to diet [to try to lose weight] and be on a strict diet
“Jag bantar” — I am on a diet
“Vill man försöka gå ner i vikt så kan man banta” — If you want to [try to] lose weight, you can (go on a) diet
- figurativelyto slim
“Vi måste banta företagets utgifter.” — We have to slim the company's expenditures.
Formerbantar(present) · bantade(preterite) · bantat(supine) · banta(imperative) · banta(active, infinitive) · bantas(infinitive, passive) · bantat(active, supine) · bantats(passive, supine) · banta(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · banten(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · bantar(active, indicative, present) · bantade(active, indicative, past) · bantas(indicative, passive, present) · bantades(indicative, passive, past) · banta(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · bantade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · bantas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · bantades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)