სუფრა
“სუფრა” (supra) — supra in Georgian. Noun, level A2. Literally 'a tablecloth', and so the whole laid table: food, wine and the tamada together. Georgian keeps no separate word for 'a treat', and supra is the closest. In a live sentence: “სუფრა უკვე გაშლილია” — The supra is already on the table. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ს, უ, ფ, რ, ა. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Georgian | სუფრა |
| Read in Latin letters | supra |
| Translation | supra |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- სუფრაsuprasupra
What it is
The feast as a rite, not just dinner: with a tamada leading, an order of toasts and the rule that you drink only to a toast. It lasts for hours, and leaving before the end is impolite. The word itself also means the tablecloth — what it all stands on.
This word does not reduce to a translation: the thing it names is not part of everyday life here, so a “translation” would end up a description in brackets. The easiest way to learn it is together with its surroundings — where you meet it and what it is for.
Why it looks that way
Literally 'a tablecloth', and so the whole laid table: food, wine and the tamada together. Georgian keeps no separate word for 'a treat', and supra is the closest
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- სუფრა უკვე გაშლილიაsupra ukve gashliliaThe supra is already on the table
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “supra” in Georgian?
«სუფრა», read “supra”. In a live sentence: “სუფრა უკვე გაშლილია” — The supra is already on the table. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ს, უ, ფ, რ, ა.
How is “სუფრა” written in Latin letters?
supra. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally 'a tablecloth', and so the whole laid table: food, wine and the tamada together. Georgian keeps no separate word for 'a treat', and supra is the closest. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.