- transitiveto vigorously wave (especially something that can flap)
“vifta med händerna” — wave one's hands
“De viftade med små flaggor” — They were waving little flags
“vifta med en pistol” — wave a pistol (semi-figurative for the movement)
- transitiveto wag (a tail)
“en glad hund viftar på svansen” — a happy dog wags its tail
- transitiveto drive off (with a waving motion, of insects or the like)
- figuratively, transitiveto brush off (criticism or the like)
Formerviftar(present) · viftade(preterite) · viftat(supine) · vifta(imperative) · vifta(active, infinitive) · -(infinitive, passive) · viftat(active, supine) · -(passive, supine) · vifta(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · viften(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · viftar(active, indicative, present) · viftade(active, indicative, past) · -(indicative, passive, present) · -(indicative, passive, past) · vifta(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · viftade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)