A1verb · intransitive · rare

sofa

so·fa

sofa · sofas · sofaed · sofaing

To furnish with one or more sofasTo furnish with one or more sofas.

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UK/ˈsəʊ̯fə/US/ˈsoʊ̯fə/

» He is lying on the sofa.

Er liegt auf dem Sofa. — MUIRIEL

Он лежит на диване. — sharptoothed

Він лежить на дивані. — deniko

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Meaning

2 senses

To furnish with one or more sofas.
To seat or lay down on a sofa.

Examples

423 sentences

He is lying on the sofa.
Він лежить на дивані. — deniko
ruОн лежит на диване. — sharptoothed
deEr liegt auf dem Sofa. — MUIRIEL
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Tom sat down on the sofa.
Том сів на диван. — deniko
ruТом сел на диван. — marafon
deTom setzte sich auf das Sofa. — Manfredo
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I sometimes sleep on the sofa.
Я іноді сплю на дивані. — deniko
ruИногда я сплю на диване. — marafon
deIch schlafe manchmal auf dem Sofa. — Naina
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The dog is behind the sofa.
Собака за диваном. — deniko
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We would like to buy a sofa.
Ми хотіли б купити диван. — Ahha
ruМы хотели бы купить диван. — al_ex_an_der
deWir würden gerne ein Sofa kaufen. — MUIRIEL
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Origin

Borrowed from French sofa, ultimately from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “a long seat made of ston

Borrowed from French sofa, ultimately from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “a long seat made of stone or brick, covered with rich carpets and cushions and used for sitting”). Cognate with Aramaic צפא/Classical Syriac ܨܦܬܐ (ṣipā’, ṣeppəṯā, “mat, matting”). The word may have entered European languages via Muslim Iberia or through Turkish.

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Forms

sofas, sofaing, sofaed, sofaed

Base form	sofa · to sofa
3rd person singular	sofas
Present participle	sofaing
Past simple	sofaed
Past participle	sofaed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	sofa
he, she, it	sofas

Past simpleLesson

all persons

sofaed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have sofaed
he, she, it	has sofaed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will sofa

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Home and furniture — Because the lesson uses it
A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form

Collocations

6 patterns

on the sofa
move the sofa
under the sofa
behind the sofa
the sofa in
new sofa