- to puff ((make) be emitted as a puff or puffs (of smoke or gas))
“Rök puffade ur ånglokets skorsten” — Smoke puffed out of the steam locomotive's smokestack
“puffa på en cigarr” — puff on a cigar
- oftento nudge (give a gentle push, sometimes figuratively)
“Hon puffade till honom i sidan. "Vakna!"” — She nudged him in the side. "Wake up!"
“Man måste puffa på dom lite för att de ska få tummen ur” — You have to nudge them a bit to get them to get their finger [thumb] out (get them to proceed with the matter at hand)
- oftento poke (on Facebook)
- to promote, to pitch (compare archaic sense of English puff)
- to emit short, dull bangs
Formerpuffar(present) · puffade(preterite) · puffat(supine) · puffa(imperative) · puffa(active, infinitive) · puffas(infinitive, passive) · puffat(active, supine) · puffats(passive, supine) · puffa(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · puffen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · puffar(active, indicative, present) · puffade(active, indicative, past) · puffas(indicative, passive, present) · puffades(indicative, passive, past) · puffa(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · puffade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · puffas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · puffades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)