| baa {n} (bleating of sheep) | :: bä , bräkande {n} |
| baa {interj} (cry of sheep) | :: bä |
| baa {v} (to make the cry of sheep) | :: bräka |
| Baba Yaga {prop} (hag who flies through the air in a mortar) | :: Baba-Jaga |
| babbitt {n} (alloy) | :: vitmetall |
| babble {n} (idle talk) | :: babbel, pladder |
| babble {n} (inarticulate speech) | :: babbel |
| babby {n} (baby) SEE: baby | :: |
| babe {n} (baby or infant) SEE: baby | :: |
| babe {n} (darling) SEE: baby | :: |
| Babism {n} (19th-century Persian pantheistical religious sect) | :: bábísm {c} |
| baboon {n} (primate) | :: babian |
| babushka {n} (matryoshka) SEE: Russian doll | :: |
| baby {n} (very young human being) | :: spädbarn, baby {c} , bäbis , bebis {c} |
| baby {n} (young animal) | :: unge |
| baby {n} (immature or infantile person) | :: barn {n} |
| baby {n} (form of address to a man or a woman considered to be attractive) | :: älskling {c} |
| baby {n} (pet project) | :: barn {n}, ögonsten {c} |
| baby {n} (lastborn of a family) | :: minsting {c} |
| baby boom {n} (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) | :: (efterkrigstidens) babyboom {c} |
| baby boom {n} (any increase in the birth rate) | :: babyboom {c} |
| baby boomer {n} (person born after Second World War) | :: babyboomare {c} |
| baby bottle {n} (bottle with a teat) | :: nappflaska {c} |
| baby buggy {n} (a wheeled chair for the transport of a baby) SEE: stroller | :: |
| baby carriage {n} (cart that is designed for moving a baby around in a lying position) SEE: pram | :: |
| baby food {n} (food designed for babies) | :: barnmat, bäbismat {c} |
| babyish {adj} (like a baby) | :: barnslig |
| Babylon {prop} (capital of Babylonia) | :: Babylon, Babel |
| Babylonia {prop} (ancient region and empire of southern Mesopotamia) | :: Babylonien {n} |
| Babylonian {adj} (pertaining to the city or empire of Babylon) | :: babylonisk |
| baby massage {n} (massage therapy for infants) SEE: infant massage | :: |
| baby's breath {n} (Gypsophila) | :: brudslöja {c} |
| baby seat {n} (child safety seat) SEE: child safety seat | :: |
| babysit {v} (To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money) | :: sitta barnvakt |
| babysitter {n} (baby or child caretaker) | :: barnvakt {c} |
| baby tooth {n} (tooth which will be replaced) SEE: milk tooth | :: |
| baby walker {n} (baby walker, see also: walking frame) | :: gåstol {c} |
| baby weight {n} (weight of a baby at birth) SEE: birth weight | :: |
| baccalaureate {n} (bachelor's degree) SEE: bachelor's degree | :: |
| bacchanal {n} (drunken revelry; an orgy) | :: backanal {c} |
| Bach {prop} (German composer) | :: Bach |
| bachelor {n} (unmarried man) | :: ungkarl {c} |
| bachelor {n} (bachelor's degree) | :: kandidat {c} |
| bachelor {n} (person who has achieved bachelor's degree) | :: kandidat {c} |
| bachelor {n} ((Canada) single room apartment) | :: etta {c} |
| bachelorette party {n} (bachelorette party) | :: möhippa |
| Bachelor of Arts {n} (collegiate degree) | :: filosofie kandidatexamen |
| Bachelor of Science {n} (three- to four-year undergraduate degree) | :: kandidatexamen {c}, högskoleingenjör {c} |
| bachelor party {n} (party) | :: svensexa {c} |
| bachelor's degree {n} (first or lowest academic degree) | :: kandidatexamen |
| bacillophobia {n} (fear of microbes) | :: bacillskräck {c} |
| bacillus {n} (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus) | :: bacill {c} |
| back {adv} (to or in a previous condition or place) | :: tillbaka |
| back {adv} (in a manner that impedes) | :: tillbaka |
| back {n} (the rear of body) | :: rygg {c} |
| back {n} (the reverse side) | :: baksida {c} |
| back {n} (that which is farthest away from the front) | :: bakände {c}, slut {n} |
| back {n} (the part of something that goes last) | :: bakände {c} |
| back {n} (the edge of a book which is bound) | :: rygg {c} |
| back {n} (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back) | :: rygg {c} (usually used as part of a compound word, such as "stolsrygg" – the back of a chair) |
| back {n} (a position behind most players on the team) | :: back |
| back {v} (to go in the reverse direction) | :: backa |
| back {v} (to support) | :: backa upp |
| back and forth {adv} (from one place to another and back again) | :: fram och tillbaka |
| back at you {phrase} (same to you, see also: same to you) | :: detsamma |
| backbencher {n} (member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank) | :: parlamentsledamot {c} |
| backbone {n} (series of vertebrae that encloses the spinal cord) | :: ryggrad {c} |
| backbone {n} (any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure) | :: ryggrad {c}, grundstomme |
| backbone {n} (courage, fortitude, or strength) | :: ryggrad {c} |
| backbone {n} (backbone) SEE: spine | :: |
| back door {n} (subsidiary entrance to building) | :: bakdörr {c} |
| back door {n} (automotive: rear door) | :: baksätesdörr {c} |
| backdoor {n} (backdoor (all definitions)) SEE: back door | :: |
| backdrop {n} (a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage) | :: kuliss {c}, sceneri {n}, bakgrund {c}, dekor {c}, fondridå {c} |
| back fire {n} (controlled fire) | :: moteld {c} |
| back fire {n} (explosion of a combustion engine) | :: bakslag {n} |
| backfire {v} (fail) | :: slå slint |
| backfisch {n} (teenage girl) | :: backfisch {c} |
| back-formation {n} (linguistic process) | :: omvänd ordbildning |
| backgammon {n} (board game) | :: backgammon {n} |
| back garden {n} (garden at the rear of a property) | :: bakgård {c} |
| background {n} (social heritage) | :: bakgrund {c} |
| background {n} (part of picture) | :: bakgrund {c}, fond {c} |
| background {n} (relevant information) | :: bakgrund {c} |
| background {n} (less important feature) | :: bakgrund {c} |
| background {n} (computer background) | :: bakgrundsbild {c}, skrivbordsbakgrund {c} |
| background {n} (activity not visible to the user) | :: bakgrund {c} |
| background process {n} (computer process) | :: bakgrundsprocess |
| background radiation {n} (ionizing radiation that is naturally present in the environment) | :: bakgrundsstrålning {c} |
| backhand {n} (stroke in tennis) | :: backhand {c}, backhandslag {n} |
| backhand {v} (execute a backhand stroke or throw) | :: slå en backhand, slå ett backhandslag |
| backhand {adj} (in the backhand style) | :: backhand- |
| backhand {adj} (ice hockey) | :: backhand- |
| backheel {n} (soccer) | :: klackspark {c}, klack {c} |
| backheel {v} (to perform a backheel kick) | :: klacksparka, klacka |
| backlash {n} (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts) | :: spel {n} |
| backlog {n} (an accumulation or buildup) | :: återstod {c} |
| back matter {n} (parts of a book that appear after the text) | :: eftertext |
| backorder {n} | :: restorder |
| backpack {n} (worn on a person's back, e.g., for hiking) | :: ryggsäck {c} |
| backpackers {n} (hostel) SEE: hostel | :: |
| backrest {n} (back piece of a chair) | :: ryggstöd {n} |
| backronym {n} | :: backronym {n} |
| backsaw {n} (type of handsaw) | :: ryggsåg {c} |
| back scrubber {n} (utensil for scrubbing the back while bathing) | :: ryggborste {c}, badborste {c} |
| back seat {n} (seat) | :: baksäte {n} |
| back-seat driver {n} (advising passenger) | :: baksätesförare {c} |
| backside {n} (back side of something) | :: baksida |
| backside {n} (buttocks) | :: bak {c} |
| backspace {n} (typewriter key) | :: backsteg {n}, backstegstangent {c}, backslagstangent {c} |
| backstab {v} (to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly) | :: ge någon en dolkstöt {c}, ge någon ett svinhugg {n}, hugga i ryggen |
| backstory {n} (previous life and experiences of a fictional character) | :: bakgrundshistoria, bakgrundsberättelse |
| back street {n} (small and narrow street) | :: bakgata {c} |
| backstroke {n} (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) | :: ryggsim {n} |
| back substitution {n} (back substitution) | :: återsubstitution |
| back to square one {adj} (located back at the start, as after a dead-end or failure) | :: tillbaka till ruta ett |
| back to the drawing board {adv} (back to the beginning) | :: tillbaka till ritbordet |
| backtrack {v} (retracing one's steps) | :: gå tillbaka |
| back-translation {n} (activity) | :: återöversättning {c} |
| back-translation {n} (text) | :: återöversättning {c} |
| backup {n} (copy of file or record) | :: säkerhetskopia {c}, reservkopia {c} |
| back vowel {n} (Any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth) | :: bakre vokal |
| backward {adj} (in the direction reverse of normal) | :: bakåt, baklänges |
| backward {adj} (reluctant to advance) | :: bakåtsträvande |
| backward {adj} (undeveloped) | :: bakom |
| backward compatibility {n} (compatibility with older systems) | :: bakåtkompatibilitet {c} |
| backwardness {n} (state of being backward) | :: underutveckling |
| backwards {adj} (oriented toward the back) | :: bakåtriktad |
| backwards {adj} (reversed) | :: bakvänd, omvänd |
| backwards {adj} (behind current trends) | :: efter, efterbliven |
| backwards {adv} (toward the back) | :: baklänges |
| backwards {adv} (in the opposite direction of usual) | :: bakvänd |
| backwards {adv} (with back preceding the front) | :: baklänges |
| backwater {n} (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.) | :: avkrok {c} |
| backyard {n} (yard to the rear of a house) | :: bakgård |
| bacon {n} (cut of meat) | :: bacon {n} |
| bacon {n} (thin slice of pork) | :: bacon {n} |
| bacon beetle {n} (beetle feeding on food) | :: fläskänger |
| bacteria {n} (bacteria) | :: bakterier |
| bacteriological {adj} (of or pertaining to bacteriology) | :: bakteriologisk |
| bacterium {n} (single celled organism with no nucleus or organelles) | :: bakterie {c} |
| Bactrian {prop} (language) | :: baktriska {c} |
| baculum {n} (bone found in the penis of some mammals) | :: penisben {n} |
| bad {adj} (unfavorable; negative) | :: dålig, illa |
| bad {adj} (not suitable or fitting) | :: opassande |
| bad {adj} (not appropriate, of manners etc.) | :: olämplig, opassande, ful |
| bad {adj} (evil, wicked) | :: ond |
| bad {adj} (faulty; not functional) | :: trasig, sönder |
| bad {adj} (of breath: malodorous) | :: dålig |
| bad {adj} | :: dålig |
| bad {adj} (spoilt, rotten, overripe) SEE: spoilt | :: |
| bad {adv} (badly) SEE: badly | :: |
| Badakhshan {prop} (historical region) | :: Badakhshan |
| bad apple {n} (a person who is not wholesome) | :: ruttet ägg, rötägg {n} |
| badass {adj} (belligerent and troublesome) SEE: belligerent | :: |
| badass {adj} (having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable) | :: grym |
| bad breath {n} (unpleasant breath) | :: dålig andedräkt {c} |
| baddie {n} (a person of bad character in a work of fiction) | :: skurk {c}, bov {c} |
| badge {n} (distinctive mark) | :: knapp, emblem, märke |
| badge {n} (nameplate) | :: namnskylt |
| badge {n} (card to grant access) | :: ID-kort, identifikation, legitimation {c}, leg {n} |
| badge {n} (something characteristic) | :: kännetecken |
| badger {v} (fart) SEE: fart | :: |
| badger {n} (mammal) | :: grävling {c} |
| badinage {n} (playful raillery; banter) | :: raljeri {c}, munhuggande {n} |
| badinage {v} (engage in badinage) | :: munhuggas |
| bad luck {n} (misfortune) | :: otur |
| badly {adv} (in a bad manner) | :: dåligt |
| badly {adj} (ill, unwell) | :: dålig |
| badmouth {v} (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully) | :: tala illa om |
| bad-tempered {adj} (having a bad temper) | :: bitsk, vresig |
| bad trip {n} (psychedelic crisis) | :: snedtripp |
| badware {n} (malware) SEE: malware | :: |
| Baffin Bay {prop} (sea between Greenland and Nunavut) | :: Baffinbukten {c} |
| baffle {v} (to totally bewilder; confuse or perplex) | :: gäcka, förvirra, förbrylla |
| baffled {adj} (thoroughly confused, puzzled) | :: snopen, förvirrad |
| baffling {adj} (puzzling and frustrating) | :: förvirrande, förbryllande |
| bag {n} (flexible container) | :: väska {c}, säck, kasse |
| bag {n} (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) | :: påse {c} |
| bag {v} (to put into a bag) | :: packa |
| bag {n} (suitcase) SEE: suitcase | :: |
| bag {n} (backpack) SEE: backpack | :: |
| bagatelle {n} (trifle) | :: bagatell {c}, småsak {c}, struntsak {c}, petitess {c} |
| bagel {n} (toroidal bread roll that is boiled and then baked) | :: bagel {c}, beigel {c} |
| baggage {n} (luggage) SEE: luggage | :: |
| baggage cart {n} (luggage cart) SEE: luggage cart | :: |
| Baghdad {prop} (city) | :: Bagdad |
| bagpipe {n} (bagpipes) SEE: bagpipes | :: |
| bagpipes {n} (musical wind instrument) | :: säckpipa {c} |
| baguette {n} (a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape) | :: baguette {c}, pain riche |
| Bahamas {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: Bahamas, Samväldet Bahamas |
| Bahamian {adj} (pertaining to the Bahamas) | :: bahamansk |
| Bahamian {n} (person from the Bahamas) | :: bahaman {c}, bahamanska {c} |
| Bahrain {prop} (country in the Middle East) | :: Bahrain {n} |
| Bahraini {n} (a person from Bahrain or of Bahraini descent) | :: bahrainare {c}, bahrainier {c}, bahrainska {c} |
| Bahraini {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Bahrain or the Bahraini people) | :: bahrainsk |
| baiji {n} (freshwater dolphin) | :: asiatisk floddelfin {c} |
| bail {n} (security) | :: borgen {c} |
| bail {n} (release from imprisonment on payment of such money) | :: borgen {c} |
| bail {n} (person providing such payment.) | :: borgenär {c} |
| bail bond {n} (surety posted as bail) | :: borgen {c} |
| bailer {n} (a utensil) | :: öskar {n} |
| bailiff {n} (steward) SEE: steward | :: |
| bailiff {n} (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts) | :: fogde {c}, tillsyningsman {c} |
| bailiwick {n} (precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction) | :: verksamhetsområde {n} |
| baillie brushkie {n} (parakeet auklet) SEE: parakeet auklet | :: |
| bail out {v} (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) | :: ösa ut |
| bailout {n} (a rescue, especially a financial rescue) | :: räddningsaktion {c} |
| bain-marie {n} (pan containing hot water) | :: vattenbad {n} |
| Baird's sandpiper {n} (Calidris bairdii) | :: gulbröstad snäppa {c} |
| bait {n} (substance used in catching fish) | :: agn {n} |
| bait {n} (anything which allures) | :: lockbete {n} |
| bait {v} (to affix or attach a bait) | :: agna |
| Bajan {prop} (Barbadian) SEE: Barbadian | :: |
| Bajan {adj} (Barbadian) SEE: Barbadian | :: |
| Bačka {prop} (historical region divided between Serbia and Hungary) | :: Bačka |
| bake {v} (to cook in an oven) | :: baka |
| bake {v} (to become baked) | :: bakas |
| bake {v} | :: baka, grädda |
| baked beans {n} (food) | :: vita bönor i tomatsås |
| baked potato {n} (potato that has been baked) | :: bakad potatis {c} |
| bakehouse {n} (bakehouse) | :: bagarstuga {c} |
| Bakelite {n} (heat-resisting chemically inert resin) | :: bakelit |
| baker {n} (person who bakes and sells bread, etc) | :: bagare |
| Baker {prop} (Occupational surname) | :: Bager |
| baker's {n} (bakery) SEE: bakery | :: |
| baker's dozen {n} (cousin) SEE: cousin | :: |
| bakery {n} (a shop in which bread and such is baked and sold) | :: bageri {n} |
| baking {n} (action in which something is baked) | :: bakning {c} |
| baking powder {n} (dry leavening agent used in baking) | :: bakpulver {n} |
| baking soda {n} (common name for sodium bicarbonate) | :: natriumvätekarbonat |
| baking tray {n} (oven-proof tray) | :: bakplåt {c} |
| baklava {n} (sweet pastry) | :: baklava |
| Baku {prop} (the capital city of Azerbaijan) | :: Baku |
| balaclava {n} (headgear) | :: rånarluva {c} |
| balalaika {n} (Russian instrument) | :: balalajka {c} |
| balance {n} (equilibrium) | :: balans {c}, jämvikt {c}, jämviktsläge {c} |
| balance {n} (scales) | :: balansvåg {c}, våg {c}, vågskål {c} |
| balance {n} (awareness of both viewpoints) | :: avvägning {c} |
| balance {n} (accounting: list of credits and debits) | :: balansräkning {c} |
| balance {v} (to bring to equipoise) | :: balansera |
| balance {v} (to hold precariously) | :: balansera |
| balance {v} (accounting: to make credits and debits correspond) | :: balansera |
| balance {v} (be in equilibrium) | :: balansera, jämna ut sig, stå och väga, vara i jämvikt |
| balance {v} (to estimate) SEE: estimate | :: |
| balance {n} (astrology: Libra) SEE: Libra | :: |
| balance of payments {n} (measure of the flow of money into and out of a country) | :: betalningsbalans {c} |
| balance of power {n} (situation of equilibrium) | :: maktbalans {c} |
| balance sheet {n} (summary of assets, liabilities and equity) | :: balansräkning {c} |
| balance wheel {n} (timepiece mechanism) | :: oro {c} |
| balcony {n} (structure extending from a building) | :: balkong {c} |
| balcony {n} (structure overlooking a stage) | :: balkong {c}, läktare {c} |
| bald {adj} (having no hair) | :: flintskallig, skallig |
| bald {adj} ((of tyre) whose surface is worn away) | :: blanksliten |
| baldaquin {n} (fine canopy of silk) | :: baldakin {c} |
| bald eagle {n} (species of eagle native to North America) | :: vithövdad havsörn |
| baldness {n} (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) | :: skallighet |
| bale {v} (to remove water from a boat) SEE: bail | :: |
| Balearic Islands {prop} (group of Mediterranean islands) | :: Balearerna {p} |
| Balearic Sea {prop} (sea) | :: Baleariska sjön {c}, Baleariska havet {n} |
| baleen whale {n} (whale of the Mysticeti suborder) | :: bardval {c} |
| Bali {prop} (island of Indonesia) | :: Bali |
| Balinese {n} (language) | :: balinesiska {c} |
| Balkanization {n} (fragmentation of a region into several small states) | :: balkanisering |
| Balkanize {v} (to break up) | :: balkanisera |
| Balkan Peninsula {prop} (peninsula in southeastern Europe, see also: Balkans) | :: Balkan, Balkanhalvön |
| Balkans {prop} (geographical region in the southeast of Europe, see also: Balkan Peninsula) | :: Balkan |
| ball {n} (solid or hollow sphere) | :: boll {c} (soft and/or hollow), klot {n} (mainly hard and/or solid), kula (solid, hard and small) |
| ball {n} (object, generally spherical, used for playing games) | :: boll {c}, klot {n} (mainly hard and/or solid), kula {c} (small and hard) |
| ball {n} (quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape) | :: nystan {n} |
| ball {n} (ballistics: a solid nonexplosive missile) | :: kula {c} |
| ball {n} (mathematics: set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance of a given point) | :: klot {n} |
| ball {n} (testicle) | :: kula {c}, balle {c} |
| ball {n} (in plural - mildly vulgar slang - nonsense) | :: skitsnack {n} |
| ball {n} (in plural — slang — courage) | :: stake {c} |
| ball {n} (anatomy: ball of a foot) | :: trampdyna {c} |
| ball {v} (vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with) | :: knulla |
| ball {n} (formal dance) | :: bal {c} |
| ballad {n} (narrative poem) | :: ballad {c} |
| ballast {n} (heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel) | :: barlast {c}, ballast {c} |
| ball bearing {n} (bearing assembly with spherical balls) | :: kullager |
| ball boy {n} (A male person responsible for retrieving balls) | :: bollkalle {c}, bollpojke {c} |
| ballerina {n} (female ballet dancer) | :: ballerina {c}, balettdansös {c} |
| ballet {n} (form of dance) | :: balett {c} |
| ballet {n} (theatrical presentation) | :: balett {c} |
| ballet master {n} | :: balettmästare |
| ballet music {n} (music composed to accompany a ballet) | :: balettmusik |
| ball game {n} (game played with a ball) | :: bollspel {n} |
| ballgame {n} (ball game) SEE: ball game | :: |
| ballistic missile {n} (missile) | :: ballistisk robot |
| ballistics {n} (science of the study of falling objects) | :: ballistik {c} |
| ball lightning {n} (a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air) | :: klotblixt {c}, kulblixt |
| balloon {n} (slang: woman’s breast) SEE: boob | :: |
| balloon {n} (inflatable and buoyant object) | :: ballong {c} |
| balloon {n} (child’s toy) | :: ballong {c} |
| balloon {n} (inflatable object to transport people through the air) | :: luftballong {c}, ballong {c} |
| balloon {n} (medicine: sac inserted into part of the body) | :: ballong {c} |
| balloon {n} (speech bubble) SEE: speech bubble | :: |
| ballot {n} (paper used for vote-casting) | :: valsedel {c}, röstsedel {c} |
| ballot box {n} (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) | :: valurna {c} |
| ballot paper {n} (voting form) | :: röstsedel {c}, valsedel {c} |
| ball pen {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen | :: |
| ballpoint pen {n} (pen) | :: kulspetspenna {c}, kulpenna {c} |
| ballroom {n} (large room used for dancing) | :: balsal, danssalong |
| balls {n} (follow the translations in the entry "ball") SEE: ball | :: |
| balls {n} (bravery) | :: stake {c} |
| ballsack {n} (scrotum) | :: testikelpung {c} |
| balneology {n} (study of baths and bathing) | :: balneologi {c} |
| balneotherapy {n} (treatment of disease by bathing) | :: balneoterapi {c} |
| Balochi {prop} (language) | :: baluchiska {c} |
| Balochistan {prop} (region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia) | :: Baluchistan |
| balrog {n} (fiery demonic creature) | :: balrog {c} |
| Balt {n} (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) | :: balt {c}, baltiska {c} |
| Baltic {prop} (Baltic Sea) SEE: Baltic Sea | :: |
| Baltic {adj} (of the Baltic region or sea) | :: compounds with Östersjön |
| Baltic {adj} (pertaining to the Baltic languages) | :: baltisk |
| Baltic {adj} (pertaining to the Balts) | :: baltisk |
| Baltic {prop} (Baltic region, Baltic states) | :: Baltikum |
| Baltic herring {n} (Clupea harengus membras) | :: strömming {c} |
| Baltic Sea {prop} (a sea) | :: Östersjön {c} |
| baluster {n} (banister) | :: baluster {c} |
| balustrade {n} (row of balusters) | :: balustrad |
| Balzacian {adj} (of or pertaining to Honoré de Balzac or his writings) | :: balzaciansk |
| Bambara {prop} (language) | :: bambara |
| bamboo {n} (plant) | :: bambu {c} |
| bamboo {n} (wood) | :: bambu {c} |
| Bamboo Curtain {prop} (political barrier between communist and capitalist in Asia) | :: Bamburidån |
| bamboo shoot {n} (edible part of some bamboo types) | :: bambuskott {n} |
| bamboozle {v} (to con, defraud, trick) | :: lura, förleda, dupera, bedra |
| ban {v} (forbid) | :: banna, förbjuda |
| ban {n} (prohibition) | :: förbud {n} |
| banal {adj} (common) | :: banal |
| banana {n} (fruit) | :: banan |
| banana peel {n} (outermost layer of the banana) | :: bananskal {n} |
| bananaquit {n} (Coereba flaveola) | :: banansmyg |
| banana republic {n} (country) | :: bananrepublik {c} |
| banana skin {n} (banana skin) SEE: banana peel | :: |
| band {n} (strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together) | :: band {n}, bindel {c}, snodd {c}, snöre {n} |
| band {n} (part of radio spectrum) | :: band {n} |
| band {n} (group of energy levels in a solid state material) | :: band {n} |
| band {v} (to fasten with a band) | :: binda |
| band {v} (ornithology: to fasten an identifying band around the leg of) | :: ringmärka |
| band {n} (group of musicians) | :: band {n} |
| band {n} (group of people loosely united for a common purpose) | :: band {n} |
| band {v} ((intransitive) to group together for a common purpose) | :: förena sig, gadda ihop sig |
| bandage {n} (medical binding) | :: plåster {n}, bandage {n}, förband {n} |
| bandage {v} (to apply a bandage to something) | :: förbinda, plåstra, lägga om, bandagera |
| bandage {n} (adhesive bandage) SEE: band-aid | :: |
| band-aid {n} (adhesive bandage) | :: plåster {n} |
| band-aid {n} (temporary or makeshift solution) | :: plåster {n} |
| banded anteater {n} (numbat) SEE: numbat | :: |
| bandicoot {n} (small Australian marsupial with a long snout) | :: punggrävling {c} |
| bandit {n} (one who robs others) | :: bandit {c}, bov {c}, rövare {c} |
| bandit {n} (an outlaw) | :: bandit {c} |
| bandog {n} (guard dog) SEE: guard dog | :: |
| bandsaw {n} (a saw whose blade is a continuous band) | :: bandsåg {c} |
| bandwidth {n} (width of a frequency band) | :: bandbredd {c} |
| bandwidth {n} (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) | :: bandbredd |
| bandy {n} (winter sport played on ice) | :: bandy {c} |
| bane {v} (to (kill by) poison) SEE: poison | :: |
| bane {n} (killer) SEE: killer | :: |
| bang {n} (A sudden percussive noise) | :: smäll |
| bang {n} (A strike upon an object causing such a noise) | :: smäll |
| bang {n} (An explosion) | :: smäll |
| bang {n} (The symbol !) | :: utropstecken {n} |
| bang {v} (to make sudden loud noises) | :: smälla |
| bang {interj} (verbal percussive sound) | :: pang |
| banger {n} (woman's breast) SEE: breast | :: |
| banger {n} (worn-out car) | :: rishög {c} |
| Bangkok {prop} (the capital of Thailand) | :: Bangkok |
| Bangla {prop} (Bengali) SEE: Bengali | :: |
| Bangladesh {prop} (country) | :: Bangladesh |
| Bangladeshi {n} (person from Bangladesh or of Bangladeshi descent) | :: bangladeshare |
| Bangladeshi {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Bangladesh) | :: bangladeshisk |
| bangs {n} (hair that hangs down over the forehead) | :: lugg {c} |
| banister {n} (the handrail on the side of a staircase) | :: trappräcke {n} |
| banjo {n} (a musical instrument) | :: banjo {c} |
| bank {n} (institution) | :: bank {c} |
| bank {n} (branch office) | :: bank {c}, bankkontor {n} |
| bank {n} (storage for important goods) | :: bank {c} |
| bank {v} (to put into bank) | :: sätta in |
| bank {n} (edge of river or lake) | :: bank {c} |
| bank {n} (an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank) | :: bank {c} |
| bank {n} (embankment, an earth slope) | :: bank {c} |
| bankable {adj} (reliable) SEE: reliable | :: |
| bank account {n} (fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank) | :: bankkonto {n} |
| bank card {n} (card issued by a bank) | :: bankkort {n} |
| banker {n} (one who conducts the business of banking) | :: bankir {c} |
| banker {n} (dealer) | :: bankir {c} |
| bank machine {n} (automated teller machine) SEE: automated teller machine | :: |
| banknote {n} (paper currency) | :: sedel |
| bankrupt {adj} (having been legally declared insolvent) | :: bankrutt |
| bankruptcy {n} (legally declared or recognised condition of insolvency) | :: konkurs {c} |
| bank statement {n} (statement of transactions and balances) | :: kontoutdrag {n} |
| bank swallow {n} (sand martin) SEE: sand martin | :: |
| bank vole {n} (species of vole) | :: skogssork |
| banner {n} (flag) | :: baner {n}, fana {c} |
| banner {n} (large sign) | :: banderoll {c} |
| banner {n} (large piece of cloth with a slogan or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession) | :: banderoll {c}, fana {c} |
| banner {n} (cause or purpose; a campaign or movement) | :: baner {n}, fana {c}, banderoll {c} |
| banner {n} (principal standard of a knight) | :: standar {n} |
| banns {n} (the announcement of a forthcoming marriage) | :: lysning {c} |
| banquet {n} (a large celebratory meal; a feast) | :: bankett {c} |
| banter {n} (good humoured conversation) | :: smågnabb, snack , småprat, munhuggande {n} |
| banzai {interj} (hurrah) SEE: hurrah | :: |
| baozi {n} (Chinese steamed stuffed bun) | :: baozi |
| baptise {v} (baptise) SEE: baptize | :: |
| baptism {n} (Christian sacrament) | :: dop {n} |
| baptismal font {n} (a basin used for baptism) | :: dopfunt {c} |
| baptismal name {n} (name given at christening) | :: dopnamn |
| baptism by fire {n} (baptism of fire) SEE: baptism of fire | :: |
| baptism of fire {n} (the first experience of a severe ordeal) | :: elddop {n} |
| baptist {n} (person who baptizes) | :: döpare {c} |
| Baptist {n} (adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity) | :: baptist {c} |
| Baptist {adj} (of the Baptist religious denomination) | :: baptistisk |
| baptize {v} (To perform the Christian sacrament of baptism) | :: döpa |
| baptize {v} (Of rum, brandy, or any other spirits, to dilute with water) | :: blanda ut |
| bar {n} (vertical bar mark) SEE: pipe | :: |
| bar {n} (music: section of a staff) SEE: measure | :: |
| bar {prep} (with the exception of) SEE: except | :: |
| bar {n} (heraldry: one of the ordinaries) SEE: fess | :: |
| bar {n} (soccer: crossbar) SEE: crossbar | :: |
| bar {n} (strikethrough) SEE: strikethrough | :: |
| bar {n} (music: vertical line across a staff) SEE: bar line | :: |
| bar {n} (solid object with uniform cross-section) | :: ribba, stång {c}, bom {c} |
| bar {n} (metallurgy: solid object of round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular section) | :: stång {c} |
| bar {n} (rail bar at level crossing) | :: bom {c} |
| bar {n} (long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder) | :: stång {c} |
| bar {n} (business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages) | :: bar {c}, pub {c}, krog {c} |
| bar {n} (counter of such a premises) | :: bar {c}, disk {c} |
| bar {n} (closet containing alcoholic beverages in a private house or a hotel room) | :: bar {c}, barskåp {n} |
| bar {n} (official order prohibiting some activity) | :: förbud {n} |
| bar {n} (collective term for lawyers) | :: advokatsamfund {n} |
| bar {n} (nautical: sand formation) | :: bank {c}, grund {n}, sandbank {c} |
| bar {n} (sports: in high jump and pole vault) | :: ribba {c} |
| bar {v} (to obstruct the passage of) | :: utesluta, avlysa, spärra |
| bar {v} (to prohibit) | :: utesluta, förbjuda, stänga av |
| bar {v} (to lock or bolt with a bar) | :: regla, spärra |
| bar {n} (unit of pressure) | :: bar {c} |
| bar association {n} (an organization of lawyers) | :: advokatsamfund {n} |
| barb {n} (bit for a horse) SEE: bit | :: |
| barb {n} (beard or something that resembles a beard) SEE: beard | :: |
| barb {n} (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc) | :: hulling {c} |
| Barbadian {n} (person from Barbados) | :: barbadier {c} |
| Barbadian {adj} (of or relating to Barbados) | :: barbadisk |
| Barbados {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: Barbados |
| Barbara {prop} (cognates and transliterations of female given name) | :: Barbro |
| barbarian {adj} (uncivilized) | :: barbarisk |
| barbarian {n} (uncivilized person) | :: barbar {c} |
| barbarian {n} (warrior associated with Sword and Sorcery stories) | :: barbar {c} |
| barbaric {adj} (uncivilised) | :: barbarisk |
| barbarism {n} (error in language use) | :: barbarism {c} |
| barbarous {adj} (barbarian) SEE: barbarian | :: |
| barbarous {adj} (barbaric) SEE: barbaric | :: |
| barbecue {n} (a fireplace for cooking food) | :: grill {c} |
| barbecue {n} (cooking instrument) | :: grill |
| barbecue {v} (to cook food on a barbecue, see also: ) | :: grilla |
| barbecue {v} (grill) SEE: grill | :: |
| barbecue sauce {n} (type of sauce) | :: grillsås {c}, barbecuesås {c} |
| barbed wire {n} (twisted strands of steel wire) | :: taggtråd {c} |
| barbel {n} (fish) | :: barb {c} |
| barbell {n} (wide steel bar with premeasured weights) | :: skivstång {c} |
| barber {n} (person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards) | :: frisör {c}, barberare {c} |
| barber {v} (to cut the hair) | :: klippa, barbera |
| barber pole {n} | :: barberarskylt {c} |
| barber shop {n} (business which offers haircuts to men) SEE: barbershop | :: |
| barbershop {n} (barber's shop) | :: frisersalong {c} |
| barber's pole {n} (barber pole) SEE: barber pole | :: |
| barber surgeon {n} (medical practitioner) | :: fältskär {c} |
| barbiturate {n} (derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system) | :: barbiturat {n} |
| barcarole {n} (Venetian folk song) | :: barcaroll |
| Barcelona {prop} (capital of Catalonia) | :: Barcelona |
| barcode {n} (set of machine-readable parallel bars) | :: streckkod {c} |
| bard {n} (professional poet and singer) | :: bard {c} |
| bardo {n} (state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation) | :: bardo |
| bare {adj} (naked, uncovered) | :: bar |
| bare {adj} (having had what usually covers (something) removed) | :: bar |
| bare {adv} (barely) SEE: barely | :: |
| bareback {adv} (without a saddle) | :: barbacka |
| barefoot {adj} (wearing nothing on the feet) | :: barfota |
| barefoot {adv} (wearing nothing on the feet) | :: barfota |
| barefoot doctor {n} (farmer with basic medical training) | :: barfotaläkare {c} |
| barefooted {adj} (barefoot) SEE: barefoot | :: |
| barefooted {adv} (barefoot) SEE: barefoot | :: |
| barely {adv} (almost not at all) | :: knappt |
| Barents Sea {prop} (part of the Arctic Ocean) | :: Barents hav {n} |
| barf {n} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| barf {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| bargain {n} (agreement or contract concerning sale of property) | :: fynd {n}, klipp {n} , kap {n} |
| bargain {v} (to make a bargain) | :: förhandla, köpslå |
| barge {n} (flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters) | :: pråm {c} |
| bar iron {n} (iron molded into bars) | :: stångjärn {n} |
| barista {n} (person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers) | :: barista {c} |
| baritone {n} (male voice) | :: baryton {c} |
| baritone {n} (person, instrument or group) | :: baryton {c} |
| baritone horn {n} (baritone horn) SEE: baritone | :: |
| barium {n} (chemical element) | :: barium |
| bark {v} (to make a loud noise (dogs)) | :: skälla |
| bark {n} (short, loud, explosive utterance) | :: skall {n} |
| bark {n} (exterior covering of a tree) | :: bark {c} |
| bark {v} (to strip the bark from, to peel) | :: barka |
| bark {v} (to girdle) SEE: girdle | :: |
| barking dogs seldom bite {proverb} (people who make threats rarely carry them out) | :: skällande hund bits inte |
| barley {n} (Hordeum vulgare or its grains) | :: korn {n} |
| bar line {n} (vertical line across a staff) | :: taktstreck {n} |
| barman {n} (bartender) SEE: bartender | :: |
| barn {n} (child) SEE: child | :: |
| barn {n} (building) | :: ladugård {c}, lagård {c} , lada {c} |
| barn {n} (unit) | :: barn |
| barnacle {n} (instrument to fix on the nose of a vicious horse) SEE: twitch | :: |
| barnacle {n} (barnacle goose) SEE: barnacle goose | :: |
| barnacle {n} (marine crustacean) | :: rankfoting |
| barnacle goose {n} (Branta leucopsis) | :: vitkindad gås {c} |
| béarnaise sauce {n} (sauce) | :: bearnaisesås {c}, bea {c} |
| barn owl {n} (Tyto alba) | :: tornuggla |
| barn swallow {n} (species of swallow) | :: ladusvala {c} |
| barometer {n} (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) | :: barometer {c} |
| baron {n} (male ruler of a barony) | :: baron {c} |
| baroness {n} (female ruler of a barony) | :: baronessa {c} |
| baronial {adj} (belonging or relating to a baron) | :: friherrlig |
| barony {n} (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) | :: baroni {n}, friherrskap {n} |
| baroque organ {n} (type of pipe organ) | :: barockorgel {c} |
| baroreceptor {n} (blood pressure-sensitive nerve ending) | :: baroreceptor {c} |
| baroscope {n} (barometer) SEE: barometer | :: |
| barque {n} (sailing vessel, all masts but sternmost square-rigged) | :: bark {c}, barkskepp {n} |
| barquentine {n} (sailing vessel) | :: barkentin {?}, skonertskepp {?} |
| barrack {n} (a building for soldiers) | :: kasern {c} |
| barrack {n} (simple, low structure) | :: barack {c} |
| barracks {n} (buildings used by military personnel) SEE: barrack | :: |
| barracks emperor {n} (emperor who seized power by virtue of his command of the army) | :: soldatkejsare {c} |
| barracuda {n} (predatory competitor) SEE: shark | :: |
| barrage {n} (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river) | :: fördämning {c}, damm {c} |
| barrage {n} (heavy curtain of artillery fire) | :: spärreld {c} |
| barrage {n} (concentrated discharge of projectile weapons) | :: spärreld {c} |
| barrage {n} (overwhelming outburst of words) | :: störtflod {c}, ström {c} |
| barre chord {n} (a guitar chord) | :: barréackord |
| barred {adj} (Prevented) | :: avstängd |
| barred warbler {n} (Sylvia nisoria) | :: ökensångare {c} |
| barrel {n} (jar) SEE: jar | :: |
| barrel {n} (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) | :: tunna {c}, fat {n}, oljefat {n} |
| barrel {n} (part of a clarinet) | :: päron {n} |
| barrel organ {n} (pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel) | :: positiv |
| barrel roll {n} (aerobatic maneuver) | :: roll {c} |
| barrel roll {n} (full 360° horizontal rotation by a car) | :: roll {c} |
| barrel vault {n} (architecture) | :: tunnvalv {n} |
| barren {n} (area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place) | :: ödemark |
| barrette {n} (A clasp or clip for gathering and holding the hair) | :: hårspänne {n} |
| barricade {n} (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) | :: barrikad {c} |
| barricade {n} (an obstacle, barrier or bulwark) | :: barrikad {c} |
| barricade {v} (to close or block a road etc., using a barricade) | :: barrikadera |
| barricade {v} (to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port) | :: blockera |
| barrier {n} (structure that bars passage) | :: bom {c} |
| barrier reef {n} (reef separated from the adjacent coast) | :: barriärrev {n} |
| barring {prep} (excepting) | :: bortsett från |
| bar shot {n} (double-headed shot connected by a bar) | :: kedjelod {n} |
| bar-tailed godwit {n} (bar-tailed godwit) | :: myrspov {c} |
| bartender {n} (person who works in a bar) | :: bartender |
| barter {n} (exchange of goods or services) | :: byteshandel {c} |
| barter {v} (exchange goods or services without involving money) | :: idka byteshandel |
| Bartholomew {prop} (the Apostle) | :: Bartolomaios, Bartolomeus |
| Bartholomew {prop} (male given name) | :: Bartolomeus |
| baryon {n} (heavy subatomic particle) | :: baryon {c} |
| basalt {n} (hard rock) | :: basalt |
| bascule bridge {n} (type of movable bridge) | :: klaffbro {c} |
| base {n} (something from which other things extend) | :: grund, bas {c} |
| base {n} (starting point of thought) | :: början |
| base {n} (permanent structure for housing military) | :: bas, kasern |
| base {n} (chemical compound that will neutralize an acid) | :: bas |
| base {n} (baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety) | :: bas {c} |
| base {n} (electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor) | :: bas {c} |
| base {n} (geometry: lowest side or face) | :: bas |
| base {n} (heraldic charge: lowest third of a shield or escutcheon) | :: stam {c} |
| base {v} (have as its foundation or starting point) | :: basera, grunda |
| base {adj} (of inferior quality) | :: usel |
| base {adj} (describing metals) | :: oädel |
| base {n} (bass) SEE: bass | :: |
| base {n} (apron) SEE: apron | :: |
| base {n} (housing of a horse) SEE: housing | :: |
| baseball {n} (ball game) | :: baseboll {c} |
| baseball {n} (ball used in baseball-game) | :: baseboll {c} |
| baseball cap {n} (cap) | :: basebollkeps |
| baseband {n} (frequency range) | :: basband {n} |
| baseboard {n} (panel or molding between floor and interior wall) SEE: skirting board | :: |
| based {adj} (founded on) | :: baserad |
| based {v} (being derived from) | :: baseras |
| Basel {prop} (city in Switzerland) | :: Basel |
| baseless {adj} (based on something that is not true) SEE: unfounded | :: |
| baseline {n} (tennis: chalk line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play) | :: baslinje {c} |
| basement {n} (floor below ground level) | :: källare {c} |
| basement {n} (mass of rock) | :: urberg {n} |
| Basenji {n} (Basenji) | :: basenji |
| base note {n} (The heavily volatile and thus most-lasting parts of a perfume, often of ligneous, resinous or animalic nature) | :: baston {c} |
| bash {v} (collide) SEE: collide | :: |
| Bashkir {adj} (of or relating to Bashkortostan or its people) | :: basjkirisk |
| Bashkir {n} (a Bashkir person) | :: basjkir {c} |
| Bashkir {prop} (language) | :: basjkiriska |
| Bashkiria {prop} (Bashkortostan) SEE: Bashkortostan | :: |
| Bashkortostan {prop} (federal subject of Russia) | :: Basjkirien, Basjkortostan |
| Bashkortostani {adj} (Bashkir) SEE: Bashkir | :: |
| Bashkortostani {n} (Bashkir) SEE: Bashkir | :: |
| basic form {n} | :: uppslagsord {n}, grundform {c} |
| basic income {n} (basic income) | :: basinkomst {c} |
| basic research {n} (type of research) | :: grundforskning {c} |
| basidium {n} (small club shaped structure) | :: basidium {n} |
| basil {n} (plant) | :: basilika {c} |
| basil {n} (herb) | :: basilika {c} |
| basilean {n} (partisan of a king) SEE: royalist | :: |
| basilica {n} (Christian church building having a nave) | :: basilika {c} |
| basilisk {n} (snake-like dragon type) | :: basilisk |
| basin {n} (wide bowl for washing) | :: tvättfat {n}, handfat {n} |
| basin {n} (area of land that drains into a common outlet) | :: avrinningsområde {n} |
| basis {n} (starting point for an argument) | :: grund {c}, basis {c} |
| basis {n} (linearly independent, spanning set of vectors) | :: bas {c} |
| basket {n} (container) | :: korg {c} |
| basket {n} (notional place to store items before ordering them online) | :: kundvagn {c} |
| basket {n} (basketball: hoop from which a net is suspended) | :: korg {c} |
| basketball {n} (the sport) | :: basket {c}, korgboll {c} |
| basketball {n} (the ball used in the sport) | :: basketboll {c} |
| basketball hoop {n} (a hoop use in basketball) | :: basketkorg {c} |
| basketmaker {n} (person who weaves baskets) | :: korgmakare {c} |
| basketweaver {n} (one who takes part in the craft of basketweaving) | :: korgmakare {c} |
| basking shark {n} (Cetorhinus maximus) | :: brugd {c} |
| basophil {n} (cell) | :: basofil {c} |
| Basque {n} (language) | :: baskiska {c} |
| Basque {n} (member of a people) | :: bask {m}, baskiska {f} |
| Basque {adj} (relative to the Basque people or their language) | :: baskisk, compounds with bask |
| Basque Country {prop} (autonomous community within Spain) | :: Baskien |
| Basque Shepherd Dog {n} (Basque Shepherd Dog) | :: perro de pastor vasco {c} |
| bass {adj} (low in pitch) | :: bas |
| bass {n} (low spectrum of sound) | :: bas {c} |
| bass {n} (singer) | :: bas {c} |
| bass {n} (musical instrument) | :: bas {c} |
| bass {n} (perch) | :: abborre {c} |
| bass clef {n} (music symbol) | :: basklav {c} |
| bass drum {n} (large drum with a low pitch) | :: bastrumma {c} |
| Basse-Terre {prop} (capital city of Guadeloupe) | :: Basse-Terre |
| basset horn {n} (alto instrument of the clarinet family) | :: bassetthorn {n} |
| bass fiddle {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| bass guitar {n} (stringed musical instrument) | :: basgitarr {c}, bas {c} |
| bassist {n} (musician) | :: basist {c} |
| bassoon {n} (musical instrument in the woodwind family) | :: fagott {c} |
| bassoonist {n} (person who plays the bassoon) | :: fagottist {c} |
| bass viol {n} (musical instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| bass violin {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| bast {n} (fibre made from the phloem of certain plants) | :: bast {n} |
| bastard {n} (person born to unmarried parents) | :: bastard {c}, horunge {c}, oäkting {c} |
| bastard {n} (contemptible etc. person) | :: skitstövel {c} |
| bastard {n} (humorously: man, fellow) | :: jävel, skit {c}, sate {c} |
| baste {v} (sew with long or loose stitches) | :: tråckla |
| bastille {n} (prison) SEE: prison | :: |
| bastille {n} (fortress) SEE: fortress | :: |
| bastille {n} (citadel) SEE: citadel | :: |
| Bastille {prop} (a prison in France) | :: Bastiljen |
| bastion {n} (projecting part of a rampart) | :: bastion {c} |
| bastion {n} (well-fortified position) | :: befästning {c} |
| bat {n} (small flying mammal) | :: fladdermus {c} |
| bat {n} (club used for striking the ball in sports) | :: slagträ {n}, basebollträ {n} |
| bat an eyelid {v} (to react in any slight way) | :: höja på ögonbrynen |
| batch {n} (quantity of baked goods made at one time) | :: bak {n}, sats {c} |
| batch {n} (quantity of anything produced in one operation) | :: sats {c}, batch |
| batch {n} (group or collection of things of the same kind) | :: sats {c} |
| batch file {n} (file containing instructions for OS) | :: batchfil {c} |
| bate {v} (simple past of beat) SEE: beat | :: |
| bate {v} (masturbate) SEE: masturbate | :: |
| bateleur {n} (Terathopius ecaudatus) | :: gycklarörn {c} |
| bath {n} (tub) | :: badkar {n}, kar {n} |
| bath {n} (room) | :: badrum {n} |
| bath {n} (act of bathing) | :: bad {n} |
| bath {v} (To wash a person or animal in a bath) | :: bada |
| bathe {v} (to clean oneself with water) | :: bada |
| bathe {v} (to clean a person by immersion in water) | :: bada |
| bathe {n} (act of bathing) | :: bad {n} |
| bathe {v} (to sunbathe) SEE: sunbathe | :: |
| bather {n} (One who bathes or swims) | :: badare {c}, simmare {c} |
| bathhouse {n} (a building with baths for communal use) | :: badhus {n} |
| bathing cap {n} (cap worn by swimmers) SEE: swim cap | :: |
| bathing suit {n} (tight fitting garment for swimming) SEE: swimsuit | :: |
| bathing trunks {n} (pair of shorts or briefs) SEE: swimming trunks | :: |
| bathos {n} (depth) SEE: depth | :: |
| bathos {n} (nadir) SEE: nadir | :: |
| bathrobe {n} (terrycloth robe) | :: badrock {c} |
| bathroom {n} (a room with a bathtub) | :: badrum {n} |
| bathroom {n} (room with a toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| Bathsheba {prop} (biblical character) | :: Batseba |
| bath towel {n} (towel for drying the body) | :: badhandduk {c} |
| bathtub {n} (large container in which a person may bathe) | :: badkar {n} |
| bathtub curve {n} (curve) | :: badkarskurva {c} |
| bathyscaphe {n} (self-propelled deep-sea submersible) | :: batyskaf |
| batik {n} (A method of dyeing fabric) | :: batik {c} |
| Batman {prop} (the bat-themed hero) | :: Batman, Läderlappen |
| baton {n} (military staff of office) | :: stav {c} |
| baton {n} (music: conductor's stick) | :: dirigentpinne {c} |
| baton {n} (sports: object transferred by relay runners) | :: stafettpinne {c} |
| baton {n} (club of the police) | :: batong {c} |
| batsman {n} | :: slagman {c} |
| battalion {n} (army unit) | :: bataljon {c} |
| batter {v} (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) | :: misshandla |
| batter {v} (to coat with batter) | :: panera |
| batter {n} (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) | :: smet {c} |
| batter {n} (player attempting to hit the ball) | :: slagman {c} |
| battering ram {n} (type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls) | :: murbräcka |
| battery {n} (device storing electricity) | :: batteri {n} |
| battery {n} (legal: act of unlawful violence) | :: vållande av kroppsskada, misshandel |
| battery {n} (coordinated group of artillery) | :: batteri |
| battle {n} (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat) | :: slag {n} |
| battle {n} | :: slag {n} |
| battle {v} | :: strida |
| battle-ax {n} (battle axe) SEE: battle axe | :: |
| battle axe {n} (electric guitar) SEE: electric guitar | :: |
| battle axe {n} (ancient military weapon) | :: stridsyxa {c} |
| battle axe {n} (belligerent woman) | :: drake {c}, rivjärn {n} |
| battle cry {n} (something the troops yell out when going to war or battle) | :: stridsrop {n} |
| battlefield {n} (field of a land battle) | :: slagfält {c}, krigsfält {c} |
| battleground {n} (location) SEE: battlefield | :: |
| battleground state {n} (swing state) SEE: swing state | :: |
| battlement {n} (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) | :: krenelering {c} |
| Battle of Britain {prop} (series of air engagements between the British Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe during World War II) | :: slaget om Storbritannien {n} |
| battle of the sexes {n} (any competition between males and females) | :: könskamp {c} |
| battleship {n} (warship) | :: slagskepp {n} |
| battleship {n} (guessing game) | :: sänka skepp |
| battleship {n} | :: slagskepp |
| battue {n} (hunt performed in this manner) | :: drev {n} |
| bauble {n} (small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees) | :: julgranskula {c} |
| Baudelairean {adj} (of or pertaining to Baudelaire or his works) | :: baudelaireisk |
| bauxite {n} (ore) | :: bauxit {c} |
| Bavaria {prop} (state) | :: Bayern |
| Bavarian {adj} (of or pertaining to Bavaria) | :: bajersk |
| Bavarian {n} (person from Bavaria or of Bavarian descent) | :: bajersk |
| Bavarian {prop} (German dialect) | :: bayerska |
| bavette {n} (flank steak) SEE: flank steak | :: |
| bawdy {adj} (obscene) | :: oanständig |
| bawl {v} ((intransitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner) | :: vråla, gorma |
| bay {n} (herb) | :: lager |
| bay {n} (body of water) | :: bukt {c}, golf {c}, vik {c} |
| bay leaf {n} (herb) | :: lagerblad {n} |
| Bay of Bengal {prop} (Large bay in the northeastern Indian Ocean) | :: Bengaliska viken |
| Bay of Biscay {prop} (gulf) | :: Biscayabukten |
| bayonet {n} (weapon) | :: bajonett {c} |
| bay willow {n} (Salix pentandra) | :: jolster |
| bazaar {n} (marketplace) | :: basar {c} |
| bazooka {n} (American shoulder fired rocket grenade launcher) | :: bazooka {c} |
| bazooka {n} (any shoulder fired rocket grenade launcher) | :: bazooka {c}, raketgevär {n} |
| BBC {prop} (British Broadcasting Corporation) | :: BBC |
| BC {adv} (before Christ) | :: f.Kr. (före Kristus) |
| BCE {adv} (before the common era) | :: f.v.t., fvt (före vår tideräkning) |
| BDSM {n} (sexual practice) | :: BDSM |
| be {v} (occupy a place) | :: vara, ligga, stå, sitta, finnas |
| be {v} (occur, take place) | :: vara, ske |
| be {v} (exist) | :: vara, existera, finnas, finnas till |
| be {v} (elliptical form of "be here", or similar) | :: vara |
| be {v} (used to indicate that the subject and object are the same) | :: vara |
| be {v} (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same) | :: vara, vara lika med |
| be {v} (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal) | :: vara |
| be {v} (used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it) | :: vara |
| be {v} (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase) | :: vara |
| be {v} (used to form the passive voice) | :: bli, -s |
| be {v} (used to form the continuous forms of various tenses) | :: (rarely translated; use the equivalent simple tense or possibly hålla på att + infinitive) |
| be {v} ((archaic) used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs) | :: vara, ha |
| be {v} (used to form future tenses, especially the future subjunctive) | :: |
| be {v} (used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like) | :: vara |
| be able to {v} (have ability to) | :: kunna |
| beach {n} (sandy shore) | :: sandstrand {c}, strand {c} |
| beach {v} (to run something aground on a beach) | :: stranda |
| beach ball {n} (a large light inflatable ball used in beach games) | :: badboll {c} |
| beach volleyball {n} (sport) | :: beachvolleyboll |
| beacon {n} (signal fire) | :: vårdkase, böte |
| bead {n} (pierced small round object) | :: pärla {c} |
| bead {n} (small drop of liquid) | :: pärla {c} |
| bead tree {n} (Melia azedarach) | :: zedrak |
| beagle {n} (dog) | :: beagle |
| beak {n} (structure projecting from a bird's face) | :: näbb {c} |
| beak {n} (slang: human nose) SEE: schnozzle | :: |
| beaked whale {n} (whales in the family Ziphiidae) | :: näbbval {c} |
| beaker {n} (flat-bottomed vessel) | :: bägare {c} |
| beaker {n} (drinking vessel without a handle) | :: mugg {c} |
| beaker {n} (mug) | :: mugg {c} |
| beakhead {n} (protruding part at the bow of a sailing ship) | :: galjon {c} |
| be all ears {v} (to listen carefully or eagerly; to anticipate) | :: vara idel öra, spetsa öronen |
| beam {n} (large piece of timber or iron) | :: balk {c} |
| beam {n} (principal horizontal beam in a building) | :: balk {c}, bjälke |
| beam {n} (ray) | :: stråle {c} |
| beam {v} (to emit light) | :: stråla |
| beam {v} (to smile broadly) | :: stråla |
| beam {v} (scifi: to transmit over high-tech wireless mechanism) | :: stråla |
| bean {n} (seed) | :: böna {c} |
| beanbag {n} (piece of furniture) | :: saccosäck {c} |
| bean curd {n} (tofu) SEE: tofu | :: |
| bean goose {n} (Anser fabalis) | :: sädgås {c} |
| beanie {n} (cap that fits the head closely) | :: mössa {c} |
| bear {v} (to give birth) SEE: give birth | :: |
| bear {adj} (finance: characterized by falling prices) | :: björn |
| bear {v} (to carry) | :: bära |
| bear {v} (to be equipped with) | :: bära, inneha |
| bear {v} (to declare as testimony) | :: vittna |
| bear {v} (to tolerate, to put up with) | :: tåla, uthärda |
| bear {v} (to produce or yield) | :: bära, frambringa |
| bear {n} (large mammal of family Ursidae) | :: björn {c} |
| bear {n} (rough, unmannerly, uncouth person) | :: bitvarg {c}, brumbjörn {c}, surkart |
| bear {n} (investor who sells in anticipation of falling prices) | :: baissespekulant {c} |
| bear {n} (large hairy man) | :: björn {c} |
| bearberry {n} (the genus Arctostaphylos) | :: mjölon |
| bearberry {n} (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) | :: mjölon |
| bearcat {n} (binturong) SEE: binturong | :: |
| bearcat {n} (red panda) SEE: red panda | :: |
| bearcat {n} (giant panda) SEE: giant panda | :: |
| bear cub {n} (young bear) | :: björnunge {c} |
| beard {n} (facial hair) | :: skägg {n} |
| bearded {adj} (having a beard) | :: skäggig, skäggprydd |
| bearded tit {n} (Panurus biarmicus) | :: skäggmes {c} |
| bearded vulture {n} (vulture) SEE: lammergeier | :: |
| bear garlic {n} (ramsons) SEE: ramsons | :: |
| bear hug {n} (any especially large hug, usually friendly) | :: björnkram {c}, bamsekram {c} |
| bearing {n} (mechanical device) | :: lager {n} |
| bearing {n} (nautical sense) | :: bäring {c} |
| bearing {n} (posture) | :: hållning {c} |
| bear witness {v} (prove, demonstrate) | :: vittna |
| be ashamed {v} (feel ashamed) | :: skämmas |
| beast {n} (non-human animal) | :: best {c} |
| beast of burden {n} (animal that carries or pulls a load) | :: lastdjur {n}, dragdjur {n}, ök {n} |
| beast of prey {n} (animal) | :: rovdjur {n} |
| beat {n} (stroke, blow) | :: slag {n} |
| beat {n} (pulsation) | :: slag {n} |
| beat {n} (pulse on the beat level) | :: taktslag {n} |
| beat {n} (rhythm) | :: rytm {c} |
| beat {v} (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike) | :: slå |
| beat {v} (to strike or pound repeatedly) | :: slå |
| beat {v} (to win against) | :: slå, besegra, klå |
| beat {v} (nautical - to sail to windward) | :: slå |
| beat {v} (to mix food) | :: vispa |
| beat {adj} (exhausted) | :: slutkörd |
| beat {n} (act of reporting before a rival) SEE: scoop | :: |
| beat around the bush {v} (to treat a topic but omit its main points) | :: gå som katten kring gröten (to walk like a cat around warm porridge) |
| beat around the bush {v} (to delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant) | :: gå som katten kring het gröt |
| Beatles {prop} (rock music quartet) | :: Beatles {p}, Beatlarna {c-p} |
| Beatrice {prop} (female given name) | :: Beatrice |
| beat up {v} (to give a beating to) | :: slå ner, klå upp, misshandla |
| beau {n} (boyfriend) SEE: boyfriend | :: |
| Beauceron {n} (Beauceron) | :: beauceron {c} |
| Beaufort scale {prop} (measure for the intensity of the wind) | :: Beauforts skala {c}, Beaufortskalan {c} |
| beautiful {adj} (possessing charm and attractive) | :: fin, vacker |
| beautiful {adj} (of weather: pleasant, clear) | :: fint {n}, vackert {n} |
| beauty {n} (quality of pleasing appearance) | :: skönhet {c}, fägring {c} |
| beauty {n} (someone beautiful: female) | :: skönhet {c} |
| beauty {n} (beauty quark) SEE: bottom quark | :: |
| beauty contest {n} (beauty pageant) SEE: beauty pageant | :: |
| beauty is in the eye of the beholder {proverb} (people have different ideas of what is beautiful) | :: skönheten ligger i betraktarens ögon |
| beauty pageant {n} (competition on attractiveness) | :: skönhetstävling |
| beauty parlor {n} (salon with hairdressers and beauticians) | :: skönhetssalong {c} |
| beauty queen {n} (winner of a beauty contest) | :: skönhetsdrottning {c} |
| beauty salon {n} (beauty salon) SEE: beauty parlor | :: |
| beauty sleep {n} (Extra sleep or a special nap) | :: skönhetssömn {c} |
| beauty spot {n} (birthmark) SEE: mole | :: |
| beaver {n} (semiaquatic rodent) | :: bäver |
| beaver {n} (coarse slang: pubic hair/vulva of a woman) | :: mus {c} |
| be awake {v} (awake) SEE: awake | :: |
| be awake {v} (wake up) SEE: wake up | :: |
| be bored {v} (suffer from boredom) | :: tråka, ha tråkgit |
| be born {v} (to come into existence through birth) | :: födas |
| be born yesterday {v} (to be inexperienced) | :: vara född igår |
| bebother {v} (to bring trouble upon) | :: besvära |
| be bothered {v} (have enthusiasm) | :: palla, orka, idas |
| be called {v} (to have a specific name) | :: heta |
| be careful {interj} (proceed with caution) | :: Ta det försiktigt |
| because {adv} (on account) | :: på grund av |
| because {conj} (by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that) | :: därför att, eftersom |
| because of {prep} (on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of) | :: på grund av |
| Bechuanaland {prop} (former name for Botswana) | :: Bechuanaland |
| beckon {v} (to wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer) | :: vinka till sig |
| become {v} (to begin to be) | :: bli; klä, passa |
| becquerel {n} (unit of radioactive activity) | :: becquerel {c} |
| bed {n} (shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear) SEE: pallet | :: |
| bed {n} (piece of furniture) | :: bädd {c}, säng {c} |
| bed {n} (prepared spot to spend the night in) | :: bädd {c} |
| bed {n} (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) | :: bädd {c} |
| bed {n} (garden plot) | :: rabatt {c} |
| bed {n} (platform of a vehicle that supports the load) | :: flak {n} |
| bed {v} (to go to a sleeping bed) | :: lägga sig, gå och lägga sig |
| bed {v} (to put oneself to sleep) | :: lägga sig |
| bed {v} (to have sexual intercourse with) | :: sova med, ligga med |
| bed and breakfast {n} (guesthouse providing breakfast) | :: bed-and-breakfast {n}, rum och frukost {c} |
| bedbound {adj} (unable to leave one's bed) SEE: bedridden | :: |
| bedbug {n} (small nocturnal insect) | :: vägglus {c} |
| bedclothes {n} (sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed) | :: sängkläder {c-p} |
| bedcover {n} (decorative cover for a bed) SEE: bedspread | :: |
| bedding {n} (bedlinen) | :: sängkläder {p} |
| bedfast {adj} (unable to leave one's bed) SEE: bedridden | :: |
| bedfellow {n} (one with whom one shares a bed) | :: sängkamrat {c} |
| bedframe {n} (frame of a bed) SEE: bedstead | :: |
| bedjacket {n} (a short jacket worn when sitting up in bed) | :: lisös {c}, bäddjacka {c}, bäddkofta {?}, läskofta {?} |
| bedouin {n} (desert-dweller) | :: beduin |
| bedridden {adj} (confined to bed) | :: sängliggande, sängbunden |
| bedrock {n} (underground solid rock) | :: berggrund {c} |
| bedroom {n} (room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping) | :: sovrum {n} |
| bedsheet {n} (a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen) | :: lakan {n} |
| bedside table {n} (nightstand) SEE: nightstand | :: |
| bedsore {n} (Lesion caused by pressure) | :: liggsår {n}, trycksår {n} |
| bedspread {n} (topmost covering of a bed) | :: överkast {n}, sängöverkast {n} |
| bedstead {n} (bed framework) | :: sängram {c} |
| bedtime {n} (time when one goes to bed to sleep) | :: läggdags, sängdags |
| bedtime story {n} (story read to children before they sleep) | :: godnattsaga {c} |
| bedwetter {n} (person who (habitually) urinates in his bed (during sleep)) | :: sängvätare {c} |
| bedwetting {n} (involuntary urination while asleep) | :: sängvätning {c} |
| bee {n} (insect) | :: bi {n} |
| bee {n} (name of the letter B, b) | :: be |
| bee balm {n} (Monarda didyma) | :: röd temynta {c} |
| beebread {n} (bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions) | :: bibröd {n} |
| beech {n} (tree of genus Fagus) | :: bok {c} |
| beechnut {n} (nut of the beech tree) | :: bokollon {n} |
| bee-eater {n} (bird in the family Meropidae) | :: biätare {c} |
| beef {n} (meat) | :: nötkött {n} |
| beef {n} (cow, bull) SEE: cow | :: |
| beefcake {n} (muscular, desirable man) | :: muskelknutte {c} |
| beefsteak {n} (steak) | :: biffstek {c}, biff {c} |
| beef up {v} (to strengthen or reinforce) SEE: strengthen | :: |
| beefy {adj} (robust) SEE: robust | :: |
| beefy {adj} (muscular) SEE: muscular | :: |
| beehive {n} (home of bees) | :: bikoloni {c}, bisamhälle {n}, kupa {c}, bikupa {c} |
| beehive {n} (man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey) | :: bikupa {c} |
| beehive {n} (figurative: any place in which people are very busy) | :: bikupa {c} |
| beekeeper {n} (someone who keeps bees) | :: biodlare {c} |
| beekeeping {n} (raising bees) | :: biodling {c} |
| beep {n} (the sound of a the horn of a car) | :: tut |
| beep {n} (electronically produced tone) | :: tut, pip |
| beer {n} (alcoholic drink made of malt) | :: öl {n} |
| beer {n} (glass of beer) | :: öl {c} |
| beer and skittles {n} (fun times) | :: dans på rosor |
| beer belly {n} (protruding abdomen) | :: ölmage {c} |
| beer bottle {n} (a bottle designed to contain beer) | :: ölflaska {c} |
| beer can {n} (can containing beer) | :: ölburk {c} |
| beer gut {n} (beer belly) SEE: beer belly | :: |
| beestings {n} (first milk drawn from an animal) SEE: colostrum | :: |
| beeswax {n} (wax secreted by bees) | :: bivax {n} |
| beet {n} (Beta vulgaris) | :: rova |
| Beethoven {prop} (German surname) | :: Beethoven |
| Beethovenian {adj} (of or pertaining to Ludwig van Beethoven) | :: beethovensk |
| beetle {n} (insect) | :: skalbagge {c} |
| Beetle {n} (Volkswagen car) | :: Volkswagen Typ 1, folkvagn {c}, folka {c}, bubbla {c}, bagge {c} |
| beetroot {n} (normally deep red coloured root vegetable) | :: rödbeta {c} |
| beey {adj} (reminiscent or containing bees) | :: biig |
| before {prep} (earlier than) | :: före, innan |
| before {prep} (in front of in space) | :: framför, före, inför |
| before {prep} (in store for, in the future of) | :: framför |
| before {prep} (in front of according to an ordering system) | :: före, framför |
| before {adv} (at an earlier time) | :: förr, förut, tidigare |
| before {adv} (in advance) | :: framför, före |
| before {conj} (in advance of the time when) | :: förrän, innan |
| before {conj} (rather or sooner than) | :: hellre |
| beforehand {adv} (at an earlier time) | :: på förhand, i förväg |
| before long {prep} (soon) SEE: soon | :: |
| beforesaid {adj} (previously said) SEE: aforesaid | :: |
| befuddle {v} (perplex or confuse) | :: omtöckna |
| beg {v} (to request the help of someone, often in the form of money) | :: tigga |
| beg {v} (to plead with someone for help) | :: be, bönfalla |
| beget {v} (to procreate) | :: avla |
| beggar {n} (person who begs) | :: tiggare {c}, tiggerska {c} , bettlare {c}, bettlerska {c} |
| beggar {n} (person suffering poverty) | :: tiggare {c} |
| beggars can't be choosers {proverb} (when resources are limited, one must accept even substandard gifts) | :: skåda inte en given häst i munnen |
| begin {v} (to start, to initiate or take the first step into something.) | :: börja, begynna, inleda, påbörja |
| beginner {n} (someone who just recently started) | :: nybörjare {c} |
| beginning {n} (act of doing that which begins anything) | :: början, begynnelse |
| beginning {n} (that which is begun) | :: början |
| beginning {n} (that which begins or originates something) | :: början, upphov, orsak |
| beginning {n} (initial portion of some extended thing) | :: början |
| begone {v} ((expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away)) | :: försvinn |
| begonia {n} (plants of the genus Begonia) | :: begonia {c} |
| begum {n} (a high ranking woman) | :: begum {c} |
| behalf {n} (stead) SEE: stead | :: |
| behave {v} (to act in a specific manner) | :: uppföra sig, bete sig |
| behave oneself {v} (to act in a polite or proper way) SEE: behave | :: |
| behavior {n} (way an animal or human behaves or acts) | :: beteende {n}, uppförande {n} |
| behavior {n} (way matter or systems behave) | :: beteende {n} |
| behavior {n} | :: beteende {n}, uppförande |
| behaviorism {n} (approach to psychology focusing on behavior) | :: behaviorism |
| behaviour {n} (behavior) SEE: behavior | :: |
| behavioural science {n} (analysis and investigation of human and animal behaviour) | :: beteendevetenskap {c} |
| behead {v} (to remove the head) | :: halshugga, dekapitera |
| beheadal {n} (beheading) SEE: beheading | :: |
| beheading {n} (an instance of beheading) | :: halshuggning {c} |
| behemoth {n} (mighty beast in the Book of Job) | :: Behemot |
| behest {n} (promise) SEE: promise | :: |
| behest {n} (command, bidding) | :: order, befallning |
| behind {prep} (at the back of) | :: bakom |
| behind {prep} (to the back of) | :: bakom |
| behind {prep} (after, time- or motion-wise) | :: efter |
| behind {prep} (in support of) | :: bakom |
| behind {prep} | :: bak, bakom |
| behind {adv} (at the back part; in the rear) | :: bakom |
| behind {adv} (toward the back part or rear; backward) | :: baktill |
| behind {n} (rear, back-end) | :: bak, baksida, akter, ända |
| behind {n} (buttocks) | :: bak, ända |
| behind {n} | :: botten |
| behind bars {prep} (in jail or prison) | :: bakom lås och bom |
| behind closed doors {prep} (in private) | :: bakom lyckta dörrar |
| behind every successful man there stands a woman {proverb} (men's success often depends on the support and work and support of their wives for female partners) | :: bakom varje framgångsrik man står en kvinna |
| behind someone's back {prep} (secretly) | :: bakom någons rygg, bakom ryggen på någon |
| behind the scenes {prep} (in secret; out of public view) | :: bakom kulisserna |
| behind the wheel {prep} (in control of a vehicle) | :: bakom ratten, vid ratten |
| behold {v} (to see, to look at) | :: skåda, betrakta, åskåda |
| beholder {n} (someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator) | :: betraktare {c}, iakttagare {c}, åskådare {c} |
| behove {v} (to befit, to suit) | :: passa, bekomma |
| behove {v} (to be necessary) | :: vara nödvändig, krävas |
| beige {n} (colour) | :: beige |
| Beijing {prop} (capital of China) | :: Beijing, Peking {n} |
| being {n} (a living creature) | :: varelse {c}, väsen |
| being {n} (the state or fact of existence) | :: tillvaro, existens |
| Beirut {prop} (capital of Lebanon) | :: Beirut |
| bejel {n} (Endemic syphilis) | :: bondfransoser, soltflod, radesyge, spetälska, spedalskhed, franska sjukan |
| Belarus {prop} (country) | :: Vitryssland {n}, Belarus {n} |
| Belarusian {adj} (pertaining to Belarus) | :: vitrysk |
| Belarusian {n} (language) | :: vitryska, belarusiska |
| Belarusian {n} (person from Belarus or of Belarusian descent) | :: vitryss {c} , vitryska {c} , belarusier {c} , belarusiska {c} |
| belated {adj} (later in relation to the proper time) | :: försenad, senkommen |
| belaying pin {n} | :: koffernagel |
| belch {v} (expel gas from the stomach through the mouth) | :: rapa |
| beleaguered {adj} (beset by trouble or difficulty) | :: hårt ansatt, trängd, hårt pressad |
| Belfast {prop} (capital of Northern Ireland) | :: Belfast |
| belfry {n} (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church) | :: klocktorn |
| Belgian {n} (Belgian, person from Belgium) | :: belgare {m}, belgiska {f} |
| Belgian {adj} (of or pertaining to Belgium) | :: belgisk |
| Belgian {adj} (of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people) | :: belgisk |
| Belgian Congo {prop} (Belgian colony) | :: Belgiska Kongo |
| Belgian Sheepdog {n} (Umbrella term for the four Belgian sheepdog variants) | :: belgisk vallhund {c} |
| Belgium {prop} (country in Europe) | :: Belgien |
| Belgorod {prop} (a city in Russia) | :: Belgorod |
| Belgrade {prop} (capital of Serbia) | :: Belgrad |
| belie {v} (to contradict or show to be false) | :: motsäga |
| belief {n} (mental acceptance of a claim as truth) | :: tro {c} |
| belief {n} (something believed) | :: tro {c} |
| belief {n} (the quality or state of believing) | :: tro {c} |
| belief {n} (religious faith) | :: tro {c} |
| belief {n} (religious or moral convictions) | :: tro {c} |
| believability {n} (state or quality of being believable) | :: kredibilitet {c} |
| believable {adj} (capable of being believed; credible) | :: trovärdig |
| believe {v} (to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)) | :: tro |
| believe {v} (to accept as true) | :: tro |
| believe {v} (to consider likely) | :: tro, förmoda, anta |
| believe {v} (to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth) | :: tro |
| believe it or not {adv} (you may not believe the following, but it is true) | :: tro det eller ej |
| belittle {v} (to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is) | :: förringa, förminska |
| Belize {prop} (country) | :: Belize |
| Belizean {n} (person from Belize) | :: belizier, beliziska {c} |
| Belizean {adj} (Pertaining to Belize) | :: belizisk |
| Belizian {n} (Belizean) SEE: Belizean | :: |
| Belizian {adj} (Belizean) SEE: Belizean | :: |
| bell {n} (percussive instrument) | :: klocka {c}, pingla {c} (very small) |
| bell {n} (informal: telephone call) | :: pling {n} |
| bell {n} (the flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument) | :: klockstycke {n} |
| belladonna {n} (a plant, Atropa belladonna) SEE: deadly nightshade | :: |
| bellboy {n} (A male worker, usually at a hotel, who carries luggage and runs errands) | :: piccolo |
| bellcrank {n} | :: växelklocka {c} |
| belles-lettres {n} (humanities) SEE: humanities | :: |
| belles-lettres {n} (light literary compositions valued for their aesthetic properties) | :: skönlitteratur {c}, belletristik {c} |
| belletrist {n} (person who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres) | :: belletrist {c} |
| bell-gable {n} (an architectural element) | :: klockgavel {c} |
| bell housing {n} (cover) | :: sprängkåpa {c} |
| bellicist {n} (warmonger) SEE: warmonger | :: |
| belligerence {n} (state of being belligerent) | :: stridslystnad {c} |
| belligerent {adj} (engaged in warfare) | :: krigförande |
| belligerent {adj} (eager to go to war) | :: krigslysten {n} |
| belligerent {adj} (hostile, eager to fight) | :: stridslysten |
| bellmaker {n} (bellmaker) | :: klockmakare {c} |
| bellow {n} (the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise) | :: vrål {n}, böl {n}, bröl {n} |
| bellow {v} (to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal) | :: ryta, bröla |
| bellow {v} (to shout in a deep voice) | :: vråla, gapa, gorma, gasta |
| bellows {n} (air blower) | :: blåsbälg {c} |
| bell pepper {n} (spicy-sweet vegetable) | :: paprika {c} |
| bell ringer {n} (bell ringer) | :: klockringare {c}, ringare {c} |
| bellwether {n} (the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck) | :: skällgumse, ledargestalt, rättesnöre |
| belly {n} (abdomen) | :: mage {c} |
| bellyacher {n} (whiner) | :: gnällspik {c} |
| bellybutton {n} (the navel or umbilicus) SEE: navel | :: |
| belly dance {n} (form of dance) | :: magdans {c} |
| belly flop {n} (style of diving) | :: magplask {n} |
| belong {v} (have its proper place) | :: höra |
| belong {v} (be accepted in a group) | :: höra hit , tillhöra |
| belong {v} (be the property of) | :: tillhöra |
| belong {v} (set theory: be an element of) | :: tillhöra, höra till |
| belonging {n} (the action of the verb to belong) | :: tillhörighet {c} |
| belonging {n} (something physical that is owned) | :: tillhörighet {c}, ägodel |
| belongings {n} (plural form of belonging) | :: tillhörigheter {c-p} |
| beloved {adj} (loved) | :: älskade |
| below {prep} (lower in spatial position than) | :: nedan, under |
| below {prep} (lower in value than) | :: under |
| below {prep} (downstream of) | :: nedströms |
| below {prep} (south of) | :: nedanför |
| below {prep} (unsuitable to the rank or dignity of) | :: under |
| below {adv} (in a lower place) | :: nedan, under |
| below {adv} (on a lower storey) | :: inunder |
| below {adv} (farther down) | :: nedanför, nedom |
| below {adv} (nautical: on a lower deck) | :: under däck |
| below {adv} (of a temperature: below zero) | :: minus |
| below the belt {prep} ((boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist) | :: under bältet |
| below the belt {prep} (unfair; not according to the rules) | :: under bältet |
| belt {n} (band worn around the waist) | :: skärp {n}, bälte {n}, livrem {c}, gördel {c} |
| belt {n} (band used for safety purposes) | :: bälte {n}, säkerhetsbälte {n} |
| belt {n} (band used in a machine to help transfer motion or power) | :: rem {c}, drivrem {c} |
| belt {n} (geographical region) | :: bälte {n} |
| belt and braces {n} (redundant system) | :: bälte och hängslen |
| belt and suspenders {n} (redundant system) | :: bälte och hängslen |
| beltway {n} (a freeway that encircles a city) SEE: ring road | :: |
| beluga {n} (fish, Huso huso) | :: hus {c} |
| bemock {v} (mock) SEE: mock | :: |
| bench {n} (long seat) | :: bänk {c} |
| bench {n} (sports: where players sit when not playing) | :: avbytarbänk {c}, bänk {c} |
| bench {v} (remove a player from play) | :: bänka |
| bench {n} (workbench) SEE: workbench | :: |
| benchlet {n} (stool) SEE: stool | :: |
| benchmark {n} (standard) | :: måttstock {c}, riktmärke {n} |
| benchmark {n} (surveyor's mark) | :: fixpunkt |
| bend {v} (to cause to shape into a curve) | :: böja |
| bend {v} (to become curved) | :: böja, krokna |
| bend {v} (to force to submit) | :: kuva |
| bend {v} (to tie a line) | :: binda |
| bend {v} (to change the pitch) | :: glida |
| bend {n} (curve) | :: kurva {c}, krök {c}, böj |
| bend {n} (knot) | :: knop |
| bend {n} (decompression sickness) | :: dykarsjuka {c}, tryckfallssjuka {c} |
| bend {n} (heraldry: one of the ordinaries) | :: balk {c} |
| bendable {adj} (able to be bent or flexed or twisted without breaking) | :: böjbar |
| bend of the arm {n} (bend of the arm - translation entry) | :: armveck {n} |
| bend sinister {n} (diagonal band on coat of arms going from top right to bottom left) | :: ginbalk {c} |
| Benedict {prop} (male given name) | :: Bengt |
| Benedicta {prop} (feminine form of Benedict) | :: Bengta |
| benefactor {n} (on who gives gifts or help) | :: välgörare {c} |
| beneficial {adj} (helpful or good to something or someone) | :: fördelaktig, gynnsam |
| beneficiary {n} (one who benefits from the distribution, especially of an estate) | :: förmånstagare {c} |
| benefit {n} (advantage, help or aid) | :: fördel {c} |
| benefit {n} (payment, subsidy) | :: bidrag {n}, understöd {n} |
| benefit {v} (to be or provide a benefit to) | :: gagna, gynna |
| benefit {v} (to receive a benefit) | :: dra fördel av, gynnas, gagnas |
| Benelux {prop} (an economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) | :: Benelux |
| benevolent {adj} (having a disposition to do good) | :: välvillig |
| Bengal {prop} (region in South Asia) | :: Bengalen {n} |
| Bengali {adj} (of or pertaining to Bengal) | :: bengalisk |
| Bengali {n} (person from Bengal) | :: bengal |
| Bengali {n} (language) | :: bengali, bengaliska |
| Benghazi {prop} (Benghazi, Libya) | :: Benghazi |
| benign {adj} ((medicine) not posing any serious threat to health) | :: godartad, benign |
| benign {adj} | :: godartad |
| Benin {prop} (country) | :: Benin |
| Beninese {n} (person) | :: beninier {c}, beninska {c} |
| Beninese {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Benin) | :: beninsk |
| Benjamin {prop} (the youngest son of Jacob) | :: Benjamin |
| Benjamin {prop} (male given name) | :: Benjamin |
| bent {adj} (folded) | :: böjd |
| bent {n} | :: böjelse |
| bent {n} (grass) SEE: bentgrass | :: |
| bent grass {n} (grass of the genus Agrostis) SEE: bentgrass | :: |
| bentgrass {n} (grass of the genus Agrostis) | :: ven {c} |
| benumb {v} (make numb) SEE: numb | :: |
| benzaldehyde {n} (C6H5CHO) | :: bensaldehyd |
| benzene {n} (aromatic compound C6H6) | :: bensen |
| benzene ring {n} (benzene ring) | :: bensenring |
| benzine {n} (benzene) SEE: benzene | :: |
| benzodiazepine {n} (any of a class of psychoactive drugs) | :: bensodiazepin {c} |
| Beograd {prop} (Belgrade) SEE: Belgrade | :: |
| bepowder {v} (sprinkle or cover with powder) | :: pudra |
| be prepared {phrase} (motto) | :: var redo, var förberedd, var beredd |
| bequeath {v} (to give or leave by will) | :: testamentera, efterlämna, lämna i arv |
| be quiet {interj} (remain silent) SEE: silence | :: |
| bereave {v} (To take away someone or something important or close) | :: beröva, frånta |
| bereft {adj} (deprived of) | :: berövad |
| beret {n} (type of brimless cap) | :: basker {c} |
| bergamot {n} (Monarda didyma) SEE: bee balm | :: |
| bergamot {n} (Mentha × piperita) SEE: peppermint | :: |
| beriberi {n} (pathology: ailment caused by deficiency of vitamin B) | :: beriberi {c} |
| be right {v} (be correct in one's judgement or statement about something) | :: ha rätt |
| Bering Sea {prop} (sea) | :: Berings hav |
| Bering Strait {prop} (strait between Russia and Alaska) | :: Berings sund {n} |
| berkelium {n} (transuranic chemical element) | :: berkelium |
| Berlin {prop} (capital city of Germany) | :: Berlin |
| Berlin Wall {prop} (wall that parted Berlin) | :: Berlinmuren {c} |
| Bermuda {prop} (island group) | :: Bermuda |
| Bermuda Triangle {prop} (area in Atlantic Ocean) | :: Bermudatriangeln |
| Bermudian {adj} (of, from or pertaining to Bermuda) | :: bermudisk |
| Bermudian {n} (person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent) | :: bermudiska {c}, bermudier {c} |
| Bern {prop} (city) | :: Bern |
| Bernard {prop} (male given name) | :: Bernhard |
| berry {n} (small fruit) | :: bär {n} |
| berserk {n} (a crazed Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy) | :: bärsärk {c} |
| berserker {n} (Norse warrior) SEE: berserk | :: |
| Bert {prop} (male given name) | :: Bert |
| berth {n} (bunk) | :: koj, slaf, sovplats |
| Bertha {prop} (female given name) | :: Berta |
| beryl {n} (gem) | :: beryll {c} |
| beryl {n} (colour) | :: beryllfärg {c} |
| beryl {adj} (of a dull bluish green colour) | :: beryllfärgad |
| beryllium {n} (chemical element) | :: beryllium {n} |
| beseech {v} (to beg) | :: bönfalla |
| be sick {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| beside {prep} (next to) | :: intill, bredvid |
| beside oneself {prep} (consumed by an emotion) | :: utom sig |
| besiege {v} (to surround with armed forces) | :: belägra |
| besiege {v} (to vex, to attack continually) | :: belägra |
| be silent {v} (refrain from speaking) | :: tiga, vara tyst |
| bespectacled {adj} (wearing spectacles (glasses)) | :: glasögonprydd |
| bespoke {adj} (individually or custom made) | :: skräddarsydd |
| best {adj} (superlative of the adjective good) | :: bäst |
| best {adv} (superlative of the adverb well) | :: bäst |
| best {n} (effort) | :: bästa |
| best {n} (person) | :: bästa, bäste |
| best {v} (to beat) | :: besegra |
| best friend {n} (an especially close and trusted friend) | :: bästa vän, bäste vän {m}, bästis {c} |
| bestiality {n} (sexual activity) | :: tidelag {n} |
| bestiality {n} (bestial nature) | :: bestialitet {c}, råhet {c} |
| bestiary {n} (A medieval treatise of animals) | :: bestiarium {n} |
| best regards {n} (polite closing of a letter) | :: med vänliga hälsningar |
| bestride {v} (dominate) SEE: dominate | :: |
| bestseller {n} (book or thing sold in large numbers) | :: storsäljare {c} |
| best-selling {adj} (superlative of well-selling) | :: bästsäljande |
| bet {n} (a wager) | :: vad {n} |
| bet {v} (to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event) | :: slå vad |
| bet {v} (to place money into the pot in poker) | :: satsa |
| beta {n} (letter of the Greek alphabet) | :: beta |
| beta {adj} (beta) | :: beta |
| beta blocker {n} (blocking agent) | :: betablockerare {c}, β-blockerare {c} |
| beta decay {n} (nuclear reaction) | :: betasönderfall {n} |
| betake {v} (to go or move) | :: bege sig, ta sin tillflykt |
| beta particle {n} (energetic electron or positron) | :: betapartikel {c} |
| betel pepper {n} (Piper betle) | :: betelpeppar {c} |
| be the case {v} | :: vara fallet |
| Bethlehem {prop} (City) | :: Betlehem |
| betimes {adv} (in good season or time) | :: tidigt |
| betony {n} (Stachys officinalis) | :: läkebetonika {c}, humlesuga {c} |
| betony {n} (plant of the genus Stachys) SEE: woundwort | :: |
| betray {v} (to deliver into the hands of an enemy) | :: förråda, svika |
| betray {v} (to prove faithless or treacherous) | :: förråda, svika |
| betray {v} (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret) | :: förråda, svika |
| betray {v} (to lead astray, as a maiden) | :: bedraga, bedra, vilseleda |
| betrayal {n} (treason) SEE: treason | :: |
| betrayer {n} (someone who betrays) | :: angivare, förrädare, svikare |
| betroth {v} (to promise to give in marriage) | :: förlova, trolova |
| betrothed {v} (past of betroth) | :: trolovad |
| betrothed {n} (fiancé or fiancée) | :: förlovad, trolovad, fästman {m}, fästmö {f} |
| better {adj} (comparative of the adjectives good or well) | :: bättre |
| better {adv} (comparative form of the adverb well) | :: bättre |
| better {v} (to improve) | :: förbättra |
| better an egg today than a hen tomorrow {proverb} (a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush) SEE: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush | :: |
| better half {n} (spouse or lover) | :: bättre hälft {c} |
| better late than never {adv} (it’s better to do something late, than to never do it at all) | :: bättre sent än aldrig |
| better safe than sorry {proverb} (it is preferable to be cautious) | :: ta det säkra före det osäkra |
| betting {n} (act of placing a bet) | :: vadslagning {n} |
| between {prep} (in the position or interval that separates two things) | :: mellan |
| between {prep} (shared in confidence by) | :: mellan |
| between {prep} (one of, representing a choice) | :: mellan |
| between a rock and a hard place {prep} (having the choice between two unpleasant options) | :: mellan pest och kolera |
| between the devil and the deep blue sea {prep} (choice between two undesirable options) | :: mellan två eldar , i valet och kvalet |
| between the hammer and the anvil {prep} (with the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options) | :: mellan hammaren och städet |
| betwixt {prep} (between, specifically between two things) | :: mellan |
| be up to {v} (to do or be involved in doing) | :: ha för sig |
| bevel {n} (An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90 degree angle) | :: avfasning {c}, avrundning {c} |
| beverage {n} (drink) | :: dryck {c} |
| bevy {n} (large group of birds) | :: flock |
| beware {v} (use caution, pay attention (to)) | :: akta sig (för) |
| beware of the dog {phrase} (beware of the dog) | :: varning för hunden |
| Bewick's swan {n} (Bewick's swan) | :: mindre sångsvan {c} |
| bewitch {v} (to cast a spell) | :: förhäxa |
| bewitched {adj} (Under a spell; entranced) | :: förhäxad, förtrollad |
| be wrong {v} (have an incorrect belief, be mistaken) | :: ha fel |
| beyond {prep} (beyond) SEE: above | :: |
| beyond {n} (unknown) SEE: unknown | :: |
| beyond {prep} (greater than) | :: bortom |
| beyond {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife | :: |
| bezoar {n} (mass of undigested matter) | :: besoar, bezoar |
| Bharat {prop} (India) SEE: India | :: |
| Bhutan {prop} (Himalayan country) | :: Bhutan |
| Bhutanese {adj} (pertaining to Bhutan) | :: bhutanesisk |
| bi {adj} (bisexual) | :: bi |
| bi- {prefix} (two-) | :: bi- |
| biangbiang noodles {n} (type of noodle) | :: biangbiangnudlar |
| biarchy {n} (rule by 2 people) SEE: diarchy | :: |
| bias {n} (inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality) | :: partiskhet {c} |
| biased {adj} (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) | :: partisk, snedvriden |
| biathlete {n} (athlete in biathlon) | :: skidskytt {c} |
| biathlon {n} (winter sport) | :: skidskytte |
| bib {n} (item of clothing for protecting other clothes while eating) | :: haklapp {c} |
| bib {n} (sports: piece of material carrying the bib number) | :: nummerlapp |
| bib {v} (to drink heavily) SEE: tipple | :: |
| bib {n} (Trisopterus luscus) SEE: pouting | :: |
| bibimbap {n} (Korean dish of white rice topped with vegetables, beef, a whole egg, and gochujang) | :: bi bim bap |
| bible {n} (comprehensive manual) | :: bibel {c} |
| bible {n} (omasum) SEE: omasum | :: |
| Bible {prop} (Jewish holy book) SEE: Tanakh | :: |
| Bible {prop} (Christian holy book) | :: bibel {c} |
| Bible Belt {prop} (area where conservative Protestant Christianity is dominant) | :: bibelbälte {n} |
| bibliophage {n} (person who loves books) SEE: bookworm | :: |
| bibliophile {n} (person who loves books) | :: bibliofil |
| biblist {n} (one who holds the Bible as the sole rule of faith) | :: bibeltroende {c} |
| bicarbonate of soda {n} (sodium bicarbonate) SEE: sodium bicarbonate | :: |
| biceps {n} (biceps brachii) SEE: biceps brachii | :: |
| biceps brachii {n} (biceps brachii) | :: biceps brachii |
| bicker {v} (quarrel in a tiresome manner) | :: gnabbas, kivas, munhuggas, käbbla |
| bickering {n} (petty quarreling) | :: käbbel {n} |
| bickering {v} (present participle of bicker) | :: käbbla |
| Bicol {prop} (language) | :: Bikol |
| Bicolano {prop} (Bicol) SEE: Bicol | :: |
| Bicol Region {prop} (Bicol Region) | :: Bikolregionen |
| bicycle {n} (vehicle) | :: cykel {c}, tvåhjuling {c} |
| bicycle {v} (to ride a bicycle) | :: cykla |
| bicycle helmet {n} (helmet worn while riding a bicycle) | :: cykelhjälm {c} |
| bicycle kick {n} (kick) | :: cykelspark, bicykleta {c} |
| bicycle lane {n} (lane of a roadway designated for use by cyclists) | :: cykelbana {c} |
| bicycle path {n} (segregated path for the use of bicycles) | :: cykelväg, cykelbana {c} |
| bicycle rack {n} (rack in which bicycles may be parked) SEE: bicycle stand | :: |
| bicycle stand {n} (device to which bicycles may be securely attached) | :: cykelställ {n} |
| bicycle tire {n} | :: cykeldäck {n} |
| bicyclist {n} (rider of bicycle) SEE: cyclist | :: |
| bid {v} (to invite) | :: bjuda, bjuda in |
| bid {v} (intransitive: to make an offer) | :: bjuda |
| bid {v} (transitive: to offer as a price) | :: bjuda |
| bid {n} (offer at an auction) | :: bud |
| bidder {n} (someone who bids) | :: spekulant {c}, bud {n} |
| bide {v} ((intransitive) (archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain) | :: bida |
| bide one's time {v} (to wait, especially for a suitable opportunity) | :: bida sin tid |
| bidet {n} (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) | :: bidé {c} |
| bidimensional {adj} (two-dimensional) SEE: two-dimensional | :: |
| bidirectional {adj} (moving in two directions) | :: bidirektionell, dubbelriktad, tvåvägs- |
| bidirectional {adj} (operating in two directions) | :: bidirektionell, dubbelriktad, tvåvägs- |
| bier {n} (litter to transport the corpse of a dead person) | :: bår {c} |
| bier {n} (platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed) | :: katafalk |
| bifurcate {v} (divide into two) | :: dela sig, klyva sig |
| bifurcation {n} | :: delning {n}, klyvning {n}, bifurkation {n} |
| big {adj} (of a great size, see also: large) | :: stor |
| big {adj} (adult) | :: vuxen {c} |
| bigamy {n} (state of having two spouses simultaneously) | :: bigami |
| Big Bad Wolf {n} (fictional evil wolf) | :: Stora stygga vargen |
| Big Bang {prop} (cosmic event) | :: Stora smällen {c}, Big Bang {c} |
| big-breasted {adj} (having large breasts) | :: storbystad |
| big brother {n} (a sibling's older brother) SEE: older brother | :: |
| Big Brother {prop} (unwarranted and invasive government surveillance) | :: storebror {c} |
| big business {n} (large corporations) | :: storföretag {n-p} |
| big cheese {n} (very important figure) | :: höjdare {c} |
| Big Dipper {prop} (bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky) | :: Karlavagnen {c} |
| big eater {n} (glutton) SEE: glutton | :: |
| Bigfoot {n} (unidentified yeti-like animal) | :: Storfot {c} |
| bigger {adj} (comparative of big) | :: större |
| bigoted {adj} (being a bigot) | :: trångsynt |
| bigotedness {n} (bigotry) SEE: bigotry | :: |
| bigotry {n} (intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance) | :: bigotteri {n} |
| big screen {n} (surface) | :: bioduk {c}, filmduk, filmskärm, bioskärm {c} |
| big shot {n} (person with reputation or importance) SEE: big cheese | :: |
| big sister {n} (a sibling's older sister) SEE: older sister | :: |
| big toe {n} (largest of the toes of the foot of a human) | :: stortå {c} |
| big wheel {n} (big cheese) SEE: big cheese | :: |
| big wheel {n} (Ferris wheel) SEE: Ferris wheel | :: |
| bijection {n} (function that is both a surjection and an injection) | :: bijektion {c} |
| bijective {adj} (both injective and surjective) | :: bijektiv |
| bike {n} (bicycle) | :: cykel {c} |
| bike {n} (motorcycle) | :: mc {c}, MC {c}, motorcykel {c}, båge {c} |
| bike {v} (to travel by bike) | :: cykla |
| bike box {n} (designated area for bicyclist at an intersection) | :: cykelbox {c} |
| bike lane {n} (bicycle lane) SEE: bicycle lane | :: |
| bike path {n} (bicycle path) SEE: bicycle path | :: |
| biker {n} (person whose lifestyle is centered on motorcycles) | :: knutte {c} |
| biker {n} (person who rides a bicycle) SEE: cyclist | :: |
| bike rack {n} (bicycle stand) SEE: bicycle stand | :: |
| bikini {n} (bathing suit) | :: bikini {c} |
| bikini bottom {n} (bottom part of a bikini) | :: bikinitrosa {c} |
| bikini panties {n} (bottom part of a bikini) SEE: bikini bottom | :: |
| bikini top {n} (top part of a bikini) | :: bikinitopp {c} |
| bilabial {adj} (articulated with both lips) | :: bilabial |
| bilberry {n} (type of blueberry from the cowberry family, see also: blueberry) | :: blåbär |
| bilby {n} (Australian desert marsupial) | :: större kaninpunggrävling |
| bildungsroman {n} (a type of novel) | :: bildningsroman {c} |
| bile {n} (secretion produced by the liver) | :: galla {c} |
| bile {n} (bitterness of temper; ill humour) | :: ilska {c}, gallfeber {c} |
| bile acid {n} (bile acid) | :: gallsyra {c} |
| bile duct {n} (structure carrying bile) | :: gallgång {c} |
| bile salt {n} (bile salt) | :: gallsalt {n} |
| bilge pump {n} (pump in a ship) | :: länspump {c} |
| bilingual {adj} (speaking two languages) | :: tvåspråkig |
| bilingualism {n} (condition of being bilingual) | :: tvåspråkighet {c}, bilingualism {c} |
| biliverdin {n} (a green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment) | :: biliverdin {n} |
| bill {n} (weapon of infantry) | :: hillebard {c} |
| bill {n} (cutting instrument) | :: faskinkniv {c} |
| bill {n} (somebody armed with a bill) | :: hillebardiär {c} |
| bill {v} (to work with a bill) | :: hacka |
| bill {n} (bird's beak) | :: näbb {c} |
| bill {v} (to stroke bill against bill) | :: kyssas, näbbas |
| bill {n} (official statement) | :: förteckning {c}, lista {c}, intyg {n} |
| bill {n} (draft of a law) | :: lagförslag {c}, motion {c}, proposition {c} |
| bill {n} (invoice) | :: faktura {c}, nota {c}, räkning {c} |
| bill {n} (advertisement) | :: affisch {c}, anslag {n}, program {n}, plakat {n} |
| bill {n} (bill of exchange) | :: sedel {c}, växel {c} |
| bill {v} (to advertise by a bill) | :: affischera |
| bill {v} (to charge or enter in a bill) | :: debitera |
| bill {n} (piece of paper money) SEE: banknote | :: |
| billboard {n} (large advertisement along side of highway) | :: ankardyna {c} |
| billet-doux {n} (love letter) SEE: love letter | :: |
| billfold {n} (wallet) SEE: wallet | :: |
| billiards {n} (a cue sport) | :: biljard {c} |
| billiard table {n} (table used for playing billiards etc.) | :: biljardbord {n} |
| billion {n} (a thousand million; 1,000,000,000; a milliard) | :: miljard {c} |
| billion {n} (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000, see also: trillion) | :: biljon {c} |
| billionaire {n} (wealth exceeding one billion (109)) | :: miljardär {c} |
| bill of materials {n} (a list of materials and components) | :: stycklista {c}, materialförteckning {c}, materiallista {c} |
| billow {n} (large wave) | :: bölja |
| billow {v} (to surge in billows) | :: bölja |
| Billy {prop} (William) SEE: William | :: |
| billy goat {n} (male goat) | :: bock {c} |
| Billy Wix {prop} (Tyto alba) SEE: western barn owl | :: |
| bimbo {n} (physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence) | :: bimbo {c}, blondin {c} |
| bimetallism {n} (a monetary standard) | :: bimetallism {c}, dubbelmyntfot {c} |
| bin {n} (container used for storage) | :: tunna {c} |
| bin {n} (container for rubbish) | :: soptunna {c} |
| bin {v} (informal: dispose of in a bin or as if in a bin) | :: kasta, slänga |
| binarity {n} (representation as a pair) | :: binaritet {c} |
| binary {adj} (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off) | :: binär |
| binary {adj} (using binary number system) | :: binär |
| binary {adj} (equal importance) | :: dubbel- |
| binary {adj} (having two parts) | :: tudelad |
| binary star {n} (stellar system in which two stars orbit their center of mass) | :: dubbelstjärna |
| binary star system {n} (binary star) SEE: binary star | :: |
| binary system {n} (astronomy: system of two celestial objects) SEE: binary star | :: |
| binary tree {n} (a data structure) | :: binärträd {n} |
| binbag {n} (bin bag) | :: soppåse {c} |
| bind {v} (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.) | :: binda |
| bind {v} (transitive connect) | :: förbinda |
| bind {v} (transitive couple) | :: koppla |
| bind {v} (transitive put together in a cover, as of books) | :: binda |
| binder {n} (a bookbinder) | :: bokbindare {c} |
| binder {n} (cover or holder for unbound papers, pages etc.) | :: mapp {c}, pärm {c} |
| binder {n} (something that is used to bind things together) | :: inbindning {c}, bindning {c} |
| binder {n} (dossier) | :: dossier {c}, dossié {c} |
| binder {n} (machine used in harvesting that ties cut stalks of grain into a bundle) | :: självbindare {c} |
| binding {adj} (imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured) | :: bindande |
| binding {n} (spine of a book) | :: bindning {c} |
| binding energy {n} (energy needed to separate the constituent parts of an atom) | :: bindningsenergi {c} |
| binge eating disorder {n} (medical disorder) | :: hetsätningsstörning |
| binge-watch {v} (watch multiple episodes of a television programme) | :: maratontitta |
| binge watching {n} (The viewing of numerous episodes of a TV show) | :: sträcktittning |
| binge-watching {n} (watching multiple episodes of a TV programme in a short period of time) SEE: binge watching | :: |
| bingo {n} (game of chance) | :: bingo {c} |
| bingo {interj} (when finding something) | :: bingo |
| bingo wings {n} (bingo wings) | :: gäddhäng {n} |
| binky {n} (pacifier) SEE: pacifier | :: |
| binoculars {n} (hand-held device for looking at a distance) | :: kikare {c} |
| binomial {n} (algebra: polynomial with two terms) | :: binom |
| binomial nomenclature {n} (The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts) | :: binomial nomenklatur, binär nomenklatur |
| binomial theorem {n} (formula giving the expansion of an alegraic sum raised to any positive integer power) | :: binomialsats {c} |
| binturong {n} (species of civet) | :: binturong {c} |
| bio- {prefix} (life) | :: bio- |
| bioaccumulation {n} (the process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms) | :: bioackumulation {c} |
| biochar {n} | :: biokol {n} |
| biochemistry {n} (the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism) | :: biokemi {c} |
| biodiversity {n} (diversity of flora and fauna) | :: biodiversitet, biologisk mångfald |
| biofuel {n} (biofuel) | :: biobränsle |
| biogeography {n} (study of geographical distribution of living things) | :: biogeografi {c} |
| biographer {n} (the writer of a biography) | :: levnadstecknare {c} |
| biography {n} (personal life story) | :: biografi {c} |
| biohazard {n} (biological risk) | :: biologiskt avfall, smittbärare |
| bioinformatics {n} (field of science) | :: bioinformatik {c} |
| biological parent {n} (biological parent) | :: biologisk förälder {c} |
| biological warfare {n} (use of an organism as a weapon of war) | :: biologisk krigföring {c} |
| biologist {n} (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) | :: biolog {c} |
| biology {n} (study of living matter) | :: biologi {c}, fortplantningsbeteende |
| bioluminescence {n} (emission of light by a living organism) | :: bioluminiscens, bioluminescens |
| biomass {n} (total mass of living things) | :: biomassa {c} |
| biomass {n} (vegetation used as fuel) | :: biomassa {c} |
| biome {n} (biological community) | :: biom {n} |
| biomedical {adj} (pertaining to biomedicine) | :: biomedicinsk |
| biophysics {n} (science) | :: biofysik {c} |
| biopsy {n} (removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes) | :: vävnadsprovtagning {c}, biopsi {c}, vävnadsprov {n} |
| bioremediation {n} (use of biological organisms to remove contaminants) | :: bioremediering |
| biosphere {n} (part of Earth capable of supporting life) | :: biosfär {c} |
| biotope {n} (geographical area) | :: biotop |
| bioweapon {n} (weapon designed for use in biological warfare) | :: biovapen {n} |
| biped {n} (a two-footed (or two-legged) animal) | :: tvåfoting {c} |
| bipedal {adj} (having two feet or two legs) | :: tvåbent |
| bipedal {adj} (pertaining to a biped or two-legged animal, being) | :: tvåbent |
| bipedalism {n} (habit of standing and walking on two feet) | :: tvåfoting {c}, bipedalism {c} |
| biplane {n} (airplane that has two pairs of wings) | :: biplan {n} |
| bipolar {adj} (involving both poles) | :: bipolär |
| bipolar disorder {n} (psychiatric diagnostic category) | :: bipolärt syndrom |
| bipolarity {n} (state of being bipolar) | :: bipolaritet |
| birch {n} (tree) | :: björk {c} |
| birch {n} (wood) | :: björk |
| birch bolete {n} (Leccinum scabrum) | :: björksopp {c} |
| birch sap {n} (the sap extracted from a birch tree) | :: björksav |
| bird {n} (animal) | :: fågel {c} |
| bird {n} (woman) | :: brud {c} |
| birdbath {n} (basin for wild birds) | :: fågelbad |
| birdcage {n} (cage to keep birds in) | :: fågelbur |
| birdcatcher {n} (a person who catches or snares birds, wildfowl) | :: fågelfängare {c} |
| bird cherry {n} (Prunus padus) | :: hägg {c} |
| bird dog {n} (tout) SEE: tout | :: |
| bird dog {n} (gun dog) SEE: gun dog | :: |
| bird flu {n} (avian influenza) SEE: avian influenza | :: |
| birdhouse {n} (aviary) SEE: aviary | :: |
| birdhouse {n} (small house for birds) | :: fågelholk {c} |
| birdie {n} (badminton: shuttlecock) SEE: shuttlecock | :: |
| birdlime {n} (serving of a prison sentence) SEE: time | :: |
| birdlime {n} (sticky substance to catch birds) | :: fågellim {n} |
| bird of paradise {n} (bird) | :: paradisfågel {c} |
| bird of passage {n} (bird) SEE: migrant | :: |
| bird of prey {n} (carnivorous bird) | :: rovfågel {c} |
| birds and bees {n} (euphemistic: sexual activity) | :: blommor och bin {c-p} (flowers and bees) |
| bird's nest {n} (A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.) | :: fågelbo {n} |
| birds of a feather {n} (people having similar characters) | :: lika barn |
| birds of a feather flock together {proverb} (people of similar character, etc. tend to associate) | :: lika barn leka bäst |
| birds of the feather flock together {proverb} (birds of a feather flock together) SEE: birds of a feather flock together | :: |
| birdsong {n} (musical sound made by a bird) | :: fågelsång {c}, sång {c}, fåglalåt {c} |
| birdwatcher {n} (a person who observes or identifies wild birds in their natural environment) | :: fågelskådare {c} |
| birdwatching {n} (observing wild birds) | :: fågelskådning {c} |
| biro {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen | :: |
| birth {n} (process of childbearing; beginning of life) | :: födelse {c} |
| birth {n} (beginning or start; a point of origin) | :: början {c} |
| birth {v} (to give birth (to)) | :: föda |
| birth certificate {n} (official document certifying the details of a person's birth) | :: födelseattest {c} |
| birthdate {n} (date of birth) SEE: date of birth | :: |
| birthday {n} (anniversary) | :: födelsedag {c} |
| birthday {n} (date of birth) | :: födelsedag {c} |
| birthday cake {n} (a cake made to celebrate a birthday) | :: födelsedagstårta {c} |
| birthday party {n} (a party held to celebrate a birthday) | :: födelsedagsfest {c}, födelsedagsfirande {n}, födelsedagskalas {n}, födelsedagsparty {n} |
| birthday suit {n} (nakedness) | :: adamsdräkt {c} |
| birthmark {n} (a mark on the skin formed before birth) | :: födelsemärke {n}, nevus , leverfläck {c} |
| birthplace {n} (location where a person is born) | :: födelseort {c} |
| birth weight {n} (weight of a baby at birth) | :: födelsevikt {c} |
| birthweight {n} (birthweight) SEE: birth weight | :: |
| Biscay {prop} (Bay of Biscay) SEE: Bay of Biscay | :: |
| biscuit {n} (cracker) SEE: cracker | :: |
| biscuit {n} (small, flat baked good, see also: cookie; cracker) | :: kex {n} |
| biscuit {n} (small bread similar to scone) | :: tekaka {c} |
| bisect {v} (to cut or divide into two parts) | :: halvera, dela i tu |
| bisexual {adj} (sexually attracted to both men and women) | :: bisexuell |
| bisexual {adj} (botany: having both male and female organs) | :: tvåkönad |
| bisexual {n} (bisexual person) | :: bi {n}, bisexuell |
| bisexual {adj} (hermaphrodite) SEE: hermaphrodite | :: |
| Bishkek {prop} (capital of Kyrgyzstan) | :: Bisjkek |
| Bishnupriya Manipuri {prop} (language) | :: bishnupriya manipuri |
| bishop {n} (church official, supervisor of priests and congregations) | :: biskop {c} |
| bishop {n} (chess piece) | :: löpare {c} |
| bishopric {n} (diocese) | :: biskopsdöme {n}, biskopdöme {n} |
| bishopric {n} (function of being bishop) | :: biskopat {n} |
| bismuth {n} (chemical element) | :: vismut |
| bison {n} (wild ox, Bison bonasus) | :: visent {c}, europeisk bison {c} |
| bison {n} (North American animal, Bison bison) | :: bisonoxe {c} |
| bisphenol A {n} (4,4'-dihydroxy-2,2-diphenylpropane) | :: bisfenol A |
| bissextile {n} (leap year) SEE: leap year | :: |
| bissextile month {n} (a month with an extra day in a leap year) | :: skottmånad {c} |
| bissextile year {n} (year with an extra day) SEE: leap year | :: |
| bistro {n} (small restaurant) | :: bistro {c} |
| bisyllabic {adj} (comprising two syllables) SEE: disyllabic | :: |
| bit {n} (small amount of something, see also: a little) | :: bit {c} |
| bit {n} (portion) | :: bit {c}, lite |
| bit {n} (math: binary digit) | :: bit {c} |
| bit {n} (computing smallest unit of storage) | :: bit {c} |
| bit {n} (coin of a specified value) SEE: coin | :: |
| bitch {n} (female canine) | :: tik {c}, hynda {c} |
| bitch {n} (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) | :: slyna {c}, subba {c}, hynda {c} |
| bitch {v} (complain (about something) spitefully) | :: gnälla, klaga, tjafsa |
| bitch {n} (complaint) SEE: complaint | :: |
| bitch {n} (playful variation on dog (sense "man")) SEE: dog | :: |
| bitch out {v} (to complain) SEE: bitch | :: |
| bitch slap {n} | :: örfil |
| bite {v} (to cut into by clamping the teeth) | :: bita |
| bite {v} (to hold something by clamping one’s teeth) | :: bita |
| bite {v} (to attack with the teeth) | :: bita |
| bite {v} (to bite a baited hook or other lure) | :: nappa |
| bite {n} (act of biting) | :: bitande {c} |
| bite {n} (wound left behind after having been bitten) | :: bett {n} |
| bite {n} (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) | :: bett {n}, stick {n} |
| bite {n} (mouthful) | :: tugga {c}, munsbit {c} |
| bite off more than one can chew {v} (To try to do too much) | :: ta sig vatten över huvudet |
| bite the bullet {v} (endure punishment with dignity or accept a negative aspect of a situation) | :: bita i det sura äpplet |
| bite the dust {v} (to die) | :: bita i gräset |
| bite the dust {v} (to quit or fail) | :: bita i gräset |
| Bithynia {prop} (ancient region) | :: Bithynien |
| biting {adj} (causing a stinging sensation) | :: bitande |
| biting {adj} (cutting or incisive) | :: bitande |
| biting {adj} (tending to bite) | :: bitande, bitsk |
| biting midge {n} (any Ceratopogonidae) | :: svidknott {c} |
| biting point {n} | :: dragläge {n} |
| bit lifter {n} (horse tack) | :: bettlyftare |
| bitmap {n} (a series of bits) | :: bitmappsbild {c}, bitmapp {c} |
| Bitola {prop} (city) | :: Bitola |
| bitrate {n} (frequency of bits at passing point) | :: överföringshastighet {c}, överföringskapacitet {c} |
| bitter {adj} (having an acrid taste) | :: bitter, besk |
| bitter {adj} (hateful or hostile) | :: bitter |
| bitter {adj} (cynical and resentful) | :: bitter |
| bitter cucumber {n} (colocynth) SEE: colocynth | :: |
| bitter melon {n} (plant Momordica charantia) | :: bittergurka {c} |
| bitter melon {n} (fruit of Momordica charantia) | :: bittergurka {c} |
| bittern {n} (bird of the subfamily Botaurinae) | :: rördrom |
| bitter orange {n} (tree) | :: pomerans {c} |
| bitter orange {n} (fruit) | :: pomerans {c} |
| bitter orange {n} | :: pomerans |
| bitters {n} (beverage) | :: bitter {c} |
| bittersweet {adj} (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure) | :: bitterljuv |
| bittersweet {n} (the bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara) | :: besksöta |
| bitter vetch {n} (Vicia ervilia) | :: linsvicker {c} |
| bitumen {n} (Mineral pitch) | :: bitumen {n} |
| bivouac {n} (encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering) | :: bivack {c} |
| bizarre {adj} (strangely unconventional) | :: bizarr |
| Bjarmaland {prop} (historical territory) | :: Bjarmaland |
| blab {n} (gossip) SEE: gossip | :: |
| blabber {n} (A person who blabs) | :: skvallerbytta {c} |
| blabbermouth {n} (gossip) | :: skvallerbytta {c} |
| black {v} (to blacken) SEE: blacken | :: |
| black {adj} (absorbing all light) | :: svart |
| black {adj} (without light) | :: mörk, svart |
| black {adj} (relating to people with dark skin) | :: svart |
| black {adj} (of coffee or tea, without milk or other whitener) | :: svart |
| black {n} (colour/color) | :: svart |
| black {n} (dye, pigment) | :: svärta {c} |
| black {n} (dark-skinned person) | :: svart {c} |
| black {n} (billiards, snooker, pool: black ball) | :: (den) svarta {c} |
| black alder {n} (Alnus glutinosa tree) | :: klibbal {c} |
| black and blue {adj} (covered in bruises) | :: gul och blå |
| black and white {adj} (black-and-white) SEE: black-and-white | :: |
| black-and-white {adj} (using shades of grey/gray) | :: svartvit |
| black-and-white {adj} (displaying images in shades of grey/gray) | :: svartvit |
| black-arched moth {n} (species of moth) | :: tofsspinnare {c} |
| black art {n} (witchcraft, sorcery, black magic, etc.) | :: svartkonst {c} |
| black bag {n} (plastic bag for the disposal of household waste) SEE: garbage bag | :: |
| Blackbeard {prop} (pirate's name) | :: Svartskägg |
| black-bellied plover {n} (An arctic bird) | :: kustpipare {c} |
| blackberry {n} (shrub) | :: björnbär {n} |
| blackberry {n} (fruit) | :: björnbär {n} |
| blackberry winter {n} (period of cold weather around March, April or May) | :: järnnätter |
| black-bibbed tit {n} (Poecile hypermelaenus) | :: sikangtita {c} |
| black bile {n} (one of the four humours) | :: svart galla {c} |
| blackbird {n} (Turdus merula: blackbird) | :: koltrast {c} |
| blackboard {n} (a surface that can be written upon with chalk) | :: svart tavla {c}, skrivtavla {c} |
| blackbody {n} (an idealized object that absorbs all electromagnetic radiation that falls on it) | :: svartkropp |
| black box {n} (recorders in an aircraft) | :: svart låda {c} |
| black-browed albatross {n} (Thalassarche melanophris) | :: svartbrynad albatross {c} |
| blackbuck {n} (Antilope cervicapra) | :: besoarantilop {c} |
| blackcap {n} (Sylvia atricapilla) | :: svarthätta {c} |
| black-capped chickadee {n} (Poecile atricapillus) | :: amerikansk talltita {c} |
| black caraway {n} (Nigella sativa, see also: nigella) | :: svartkummin {c} |
| black caraway {n} (spice) | :: svartkummin {c} |
| black cardamom {n} (plant and spice) | :: svart kardemumma {c} |
| black cat {n} (Martes pennanti) SEE: fisher | :: |
| black chanterelle {n} (mushroom) | :: svart trumpetsvamp {c} |
| black-crested titmouse {n} (Baeolophus atricristatus) | :: svarttofsad gråmes {c} |
| black-crowned night heron {n} (Nycticorax nycticorax) | :: natthäger {c} |
| black cumin {n} (Nigella sativa) SEE: nigella | :: |
| black currant {n} (shrub) | :: svartvinbärsbuske {c} |
| black currant {n} (berry) | :: svarta vinbär |
| Black Death {prop} (14th century pandemic outbreak) | :: digerdöden {c} , pesten {c} , böldpest {c} |
| black earth {n} (chernozem) SEE: chernozem | :: |
| black elder {n} (Sambucus nigra) SEE: elder | :: |
| blacken {v} (make black) | :: svärta |
| blacken {v} (make dirty) | :: svärta |
| blacken {v} (defame, sully) | :: svärta ner |
| blacken {v} (become black) | :: svartna |
| black eye {n} (bruised eye) | :: blått öga, blåtira {c} |
| black-eyed pea {n} (cowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata) | :: ögonböna |
| black-eyed pea {n} (cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant) | :: ögonböna {c} |
| blackfly {n} (fly of the Simuliidae) | :: knott {c} |
| Black Forest gâteau {n} (type of gâteau originating in the Black Forest region of Germany) | :: schwarzwaldtårta {c} |
| black garden ant {n} (Lasius niger) | :: svartmyra {c} |
| black goose {n} (goose of the genus Branta) SEE: brant | :: |
| black grouse {n} (Lyrurus tetrix) | :: orre |
| blackguard {n} (scoundrel) SEE: scoundrel | :: |
| black guillemot {n} (black guillemot) | :: tobisgrissla {c} |
| blackhead {n} (skin blemish) | :: pormask {c} |
| black-headed gull {n} (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) | :: skrattmås {c} |
| black hellebore {n} (Helleborus niger) | :: julros {c} |
| black hole {n} (celestial body) | :: svart hål {n} |
| black horehound {n} (Ballota nigra) | :: bosyska {c} |
| black humor {n} (subgenre of comedy) | :: svart humor |
| black ice {n} (invisible film of ice) | :: blixthalka {c}, svarthalka {c} |
| blacking {n} (shoe polish) SEE: shoe polish | :: |
| black kite {n} (species of kite) | :: brun glada {c} |
| black lead {n} (graphite) SEE: graphite | :: |
| blackleg {n} (strikebreaker) SEE: strikebreaker | :: |
| Black Legend {prop} (the depiction of Spain as cruel, greedy and fanatical) | :: svarta legenden |
| black-legged kittiwake {n} (Rissa tridactyla) | :: tretåig mås {c} |
| black liquor {n} (a waste product in pulp and paper industry) | :: svartlut |
| blacklist {n} (list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned) | :: svart lista {c} |
| blacklist {v} (to place on a blacklist) | :: svartlista |
| black locust {n} (Robinia pseudoacacia) | :: robinia {c}, falsk akacia {c} |
| black magic {n} (magic derived from evil forces) | :: svartkonst {c} |
| blackmail {n} (extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure) | :: utpressning {c} |
| blackmail {v} (to extort money) | :: utpressa, pressa ut |
| blackmailer {n} (someone who blackmails) | :: utpressare {c} |
| black market {n} (trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing or price controls) | :: svart börs {c}, svart marknad {c} |
| black market {n} (people who engage in such trade or that sector of the economy) | :: svartabörshaj {c} |
| black-necked grebe {n} (black-necked grebe) | :: svarthalsad dopping {c} |
| blackness {n} (state or quality of being black) | :: svärta {c} |
| blackout {n} (a temporary loss of consciousness) | :: avsvimning {c} |
| blackout {n} (a large-scale power failure) | :: strömavbrott {n} |
| blackout {n} (the mandatory blinding of all light) | :: mörkläggning {c} |
| blackout {n} (translations to be checked) | :: blackout {c} |
| black pepper {n} (spice) | :: svartpeppar {c} |
| black radish {n} (Raphanus sativus var. niger) | :: svart rättika {c} |
| black rat {n} (Rattus rattus) | :: svartråtta {c} |
| black redstart {n} (a small passerine bird) | :: svart rödstjärt {c} |
| black rhinoceros {n} (Diceros bicornis) | :: spetsnoshörning |
| black salsify {n} (Scorzonera hispanica) | :: svartrot {c} |
| black scabbardfish {n} (Aphanopus carbo) | :: dolkfisk {c} |
| black scoter {n} (Melanitta americana) | :: amerikansk sjöorre {c} |
| Black Sea {prop} (an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor) | :: Svarta havet {n} |
| blackseed {n} (Nigella sativa) SEE: nigella | :: |
| black sheep {n} (nonconformist) | :: svart får |
| black sheep {n} (disliked person) | :: svart får {n} |
| blackshirt {n} (member of a fascist party) SEE: fascist | :: |
| blackshirt {n} (uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party) | :: svartskjorta {c} |
| black slug {n} (Arion ater) | :: svart skogsnigel {c} |
| blacksmith {n} (iron forger, see also: smith) | :: smed {c}; hovslagare {c}, hovslagerska {c} |
| black stork {n} (Ciconia nigra) | :: svart stork {c} |
| black-tailed godwit {n} (Limosa limosa) | :: rödspov {c} |
| black tern {n} (black tern) | :: svarttärna {c} |
| blackthorn {n} (Prunus spinosa) | :: slån {c} |
| blackthorn winter {n} (blackberry winter) SEE: blackberry winter | :: |
| black-throated diver {n} (Gavia arctica) | :: storlom {c} |
| black-throated loon {n} (black-throated diver) SEE: black-throated diver | :: |
| black truffle {n} (A species of truffle, Tuber melanosporum) | :: svart tryffel, perigordtryffel, vintertryffel |
| black vulture {n} (Coragyps atratus) | :: korpgam {c} |
| black vulture {n} (Aegypius monachus) SEE: Eurasian black vulture | :: |
| black widow {n} (species of venomous spider) | :: svart änka {c} |
| black-winged kite {n} (Elanus caeruleus) | :: svartvingad glada {c} |
| black-winged pratincole {n} (Glareola nordmanni) | :: svartvingad vadarsvala {c} |
| black woodpecker {n} (Dryocopus martius) | :: spillkråka {c} |
| bladder {n} (flexible sac in zoology) | :: blåsa |
| bladder {n} (urinary bladder) SEE: urinary bladder | :: |
| bladderpod {n} (Lobelia inflata, indian tobacco, Puke weed) | :: läkelobelia |
| bladderwrack {n} (Fucus vesiculosus) | :: blåstång {c} |
| blade {n} (sharp-edged or pointed working end of a tool or utensil) | :: blad {n} |
| blade {n} (the flat part of a leaf or petal) | :: blad {n} |
| blade {n} (slang term for a weapon such as a dagger) | :: blad {n} |
| Blagoveshchensk {prop} (city in Siberia) | :: Blagovesjtjensk |
| blah {n} (nonsense talk) | :: bla, blabla, blablabla |
| blah blah blah {interj} (a put-down to silence someone) | :: bla bla, bla bla bla |
| blah blah blah {interj} (a stand-in for trivial, obvious, or boring content) | :: blablabla |
| Blaise {prop} (male given name) | :: Blasius |
| blame {n} (state of having caused a bad event) | :: skuld |
| blame {v} (place blame upon) | :: skylla, klandra |
| blame {n} (responsibility) SEE: responsibility | :: |
| Blanche {prop} (female given name) | :: Blanka |
| bland {adj} (Mild; dull; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave) | :: mild, vän, blid |
| bland {adj} (Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating) | :: mild |
| bland {adj} (Lacking in taste or vigor) | :: fadd, smaklös, svag, mild, intetsägande, lam, tam |
| blank {adj} (free from writing, printing or marks) | :: blank, tom |
| blank {n} (space character) | :: mellanslag {n} |
| blank {n} (simulation cartridge) | :: lös patron {c} |
| blank {v} (to make void) | :: blanka |
| blanket {n} (fabric) | :: täcke, filt |
| blanket {n} (layer of anything) | :: lager |
| blanket term {n} (word or phrase used to describe multiple groups of related things) SEE: umbrella term | :: |
| blaspheme {v} (to speak against God or religious doctrine) | :: häda, smäda |
| blasphemer {n} (One who commits blasphemy) | :: hädare {c} |
| blasphemous {adj} (lacking piety or respect for the sacred) | :: blasfemisk |
| blasphemy {n} (Irreverence toward something sacred) | :: hädelse {c}, blasfemi {c} |
| blasted {adj} (cursed) | :: fördömd, nedrans, jädrans, sabla |
| blasted {adj} (heraldry, of a tree whose branches bear no leaves) | :: kal, bar, naken |
| blatant {adj} (obvious, on show) | :: uppenbar |
| blather {v} (to talk rapidly without making much sense) | :: pladdra |
| blay {n} (bleak) SEE: bleak | :: |
| blazar {n} (astronomy: a very compact quasar, associated with a supermassive black hole) | :: blazar {c}, blasar {c} |
| blazar {n} | :: blazar {c} |
| blaze {n} (fast-burning fire) | :: (stark) eld {c}, (ljusan) låga {c} |
| blaze {n} (mark resembling fire) | :: bläs {c} |
| blaze {v} (to be on fire) | :: brinna |
| blaze {v} (to shine like a flame) | :: skina, stråla |
| blazon {n} (a description of a coat of arms) | :: blasonering {c} |
| bleach {v} (to treat with bleach) | :: bleka |
| bleach {n} (chemical) | :: blekmedel {n} |
| bleacher {n} (one who bleaches) | :: blekare {c} |
| bleacher {n} (seating for spectators) | :: läktare {c} |
| bleak {adj} (without color) | :: blek, färglös |
| bleak {adj} (cheerless) | :: dyster |
| bleak {n} (small European river fish) | :: löja {c} |
| bleat {n} (cry of a sheep or a goat) | :: bräkande {n} |
| bleat {v} (to make the cry of a sheep or goat) | :: bräka |
| bleed {v} (lose blood) | :: blöda |
| bleed {v} (steadily lose) | :: blöda |
| bleed {v} (spread and stain) | :: blöda |
| bleed {v} (remove air bubbles) | :: lufta |
| bleeder {n} (troublesome fellow; blighter) | :: bråkstake {c}, bråkmakare {c} |
| bleeding {n} (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) | :: blödning {c} |
| bleed out {v} (die due to excess bloodloss) | :: förblöda |
| Blekinge {prop} (a province of southeastern Sweden) | :: Blekinge |
| blend {n} (in linguistics) SEE: portmanteau word | :: |
| blend {n} (mixture) | :: blandning {c} |
| blend {v} (to mix) | :: blanda |
| blender {n} (machine) | :: mixer {c} |
| blepharitis {n} (inflammation of the eyelid) | :: blefarit |
| blepharoplasty {n} (plastic surgery on the eyelid) | :: ögonlocksplastik {c}, blepharoplastik {c} |
| bless {v} (confer blessing on) | :: välsigna |
| blessing {n} (divine or supernatural aid or reward) | :: välsignelse {c} |
| blessing {n} (pronouncement invoking divine aid) | :: välsignelse {c} |
| blessing {n} (group of unicorns) | :: hjord {c} |
| blessing {n} (prayer before a meal) SEE: grace | :: |
| bless you {interj} (said to somebody who has sneezed) | :: prosit, väl bekomme |
| bless you {interj} (short for "God bless you") SEE: God bless you | :: |
| bleuatre {adj} (bluish) SEE: bluish | :: |
| blighter {n} (person) | :: rackare |
| blimp {n} (airship) | :: blimp |
| blind {adj} (unable to see) | :: blind {c}, synskadad {c} |
| blind {n} (covering for a window) | :: rullgardin {c}, gardin {c}, persienn {c} (made of slats), jalousi {n}, markis {c} (awning) |
| blind {n} (forced bet in poker) | :: mörk {c} |
| blind {v} (make temporarily or permanently blind) | :: förblinda, blända |
| blind alley {n} (course of inquiry) SEE: impasse | :: |
| blind alley {n} (street that leads nowhere) SEE: dead end | :: |
| blind date {n} (romantic meeting between two people who have never met before, see also: miai) | :: blindträff {c} |
| blindfold {n} (a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes) | :: ögonbindel {c} |
| blindfold {v} (To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see) | :: binda för ögonen på |
| blindfold {v} (To obscure understanding or comprehension) | :: förblinda |
| blind gut {n} (caecum) SEE: caecum | :: |
| blindingly {adv} (extremely) SEE: extremely | :: |
| blindly {adv} (sightlessly) | :: blint, i blindo |
| blind man's buff {n} (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) | :: blindbock {c} |
| blindness {n} (condition of being blind) | :: blindhet {c} |
| blindside {v} (catch off guard) | :: ta på sängen, överrumpla |
| blind spot {n} (part of the road that cannot be seen) | :: död vinkel {c} |
| blind tiger {n} (speakeasy) SEE: speakeasy | :: |
| blink {v} (to close and reopen both eyes quickly) | :: blinka |
| blink {v} (to flash headlights) | :: blinka |
| blink {v} (to send a signal with a lighting device) | :: blinka |
| blink {v} | :: kisa |
| blinker {n} (eye shield) | :: skygglapp {c} |
| blinker {n} (eyelid) | :: ögonlock {n} |
| blinkers {n} (horse's eye shields) | :: skygglappar {c-p} |
| blinks {n} (Montia fontana) | :: källört {c} |
| blip {n} (small dot registered on electronic equipment) | :: blipp {n} |
| blip {n} (short sound of a single pitch) | :: blipp {n}, pip |
| bliss {n} (perfect happiness) | :: lycksalighet {c}, lycka {c} |
| blister {n} (bubble on the skin) | :: blåsa {?} |
| blister {n} | :: blåsa {c} |
| blister pack {n} (one of several types of plastic packaging) | :: blisterpack |
| blithely {adv} (without care, concern, or consideration) | :: bekymmerslöst |
| blitz chess {n} (form of chess) | :: blixtschack |
| blitzkrieg {n} (fast military offensive) | :: blixtkrig {c} |
| blizzard {n} (severe snowstorm) | :: snöstorm {c}, snöoväder {n} |
| bloated {adj} (swollen with fluid or gas) | :: däst |
| bloc {n} (group of voters or politicians) | :: block |
| bloc {n} (group of countries) | :: block |
| block {n} (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) | :: block {n}, kloss {c} |
| block {n} (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) | :: kubbe {c}, huggkubbe |
| block {n} (group of buildings demarcated by streets) | :: kvarter {n} |
| block {n} (distance from one street to another) | :: kvarter {n} |
| block {n} (slang: human head) | :: skalle {c}, knopp {c} |
| block {n} (set of paper sheets) | :: block |
| block {n} (computing: logical data storage unit) | :: block {n} |
| block {n} (computing: region of code that acts as single unit) | :: block {n} |
| block {n} (part of a ship's rigging) | :: block |
| block {n} (something that prevents passing) | :: blockering {c}, stopp {n}, hinder {n} |
| block {v} (to fill, making it impossible to pass) | :: blockera |
| block {v} (to prevent passing) | :: blockera |
| block {v} (to prevent an action) | :: förhindra |
| block {v} (to impede opponent) | :: blockera |
| block {v} (to disable communication) | :: blockera |
| block {n} (stupid fellow) SEE: blockhead | :: |
| blockade {n} (the isolation of something) | :: blockad {c} |
| blockade {v} (to create a blockade against) | :: blockera, spärra |
| block and tackle {n} (system of several pulleys) | :: talja |
| blockbuster {n} (high-explosive bomb) | :: kvartersbomb |
| blockbuster {n} (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales) | :: knallsucce |
| blockchain {n} (shared record) | :: blockkedja |
| blockhead {n} (stupid person) | :: träskalle , dumhuvud {n} |
| block heater {n} (an electric heater that heats the engine of a car to ease starting in cold weather) | :: motorvärmare {c} |
| blog {n} (a personal or corporate website) | :: blogg {c} |
| blog {v} (to contribute to a blog) | :: blogga |
| blogger {n} (contributor to a blog) | :: bloggare {c} |
| blogosphere {n} (the totality of blogs) | :: bloggosfär {c} |
| blogpost {n} | :: blogginlägg {n} |
| blond {adj} (of a pale golden colour) | :: blond |
| blond {adj} (having blond hair) | :: ljus, ljushyad, blond |
| blond {n} (fair-haired person) | :: blondin {c} |
| blonde {n} (blond) SEE: blond | :: |
| blonde {adj} (blond) SEE: blond | :: |
| blood {v} (to cause to be covered with blood) | :: bloda ner |
| blood {n} (vital liquid flowing in animal bodies) | :: blod {n} |
| blood {n} (family relationship due to birth, e.g. between siblings) | :: blod {n}, blodsband {n} |
| blood {n} (blood test or blood sample) | :: blodprov {n} |
| blood bank {n} (place where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored) | :: blodbank {c} |
| bloodbath {n} (indiscriminate killing or slaughter) | :: blodbad |
| blood cell {n} (any of the cells normally found in the blood) | :: blodkropp {c} |
| blood clot {n} | :: blodpropp {c} |
| blood corpuscle {n} (blood cell) SEE: blood cell | :: |
| blood diamond {n} (1. a diamond that has been mined in a war zone and sold in order to finance the conflict) | :: konfliktdiamant |
| blood donor {n} (person who donates blood) | :: blodgivare {c} |
| blood eagle {n} (method of execution) | :: blodörn {c} |
| blood feud {n} (feud between clans or families) SEE: vendetta | :: |
| blood group {n} (blood type) SEE: blood type | :: |
| bloodhound {n} (dog) | :: blodhund {c} |
| blood is thicker than water {proverb} (relationships are stronger within the family) | :: blod är tjockare än vatten |
| bloodletting {n} (ancient medical practice) | :: åderlåtning {c} |
| bloodletting {n} (large amount of blood likely to be spilled through violence) | :: blodsutgjutelse {c} |
| blood loss {n} (loss of blood) | :: blodförlust {c} |
| bloodlust {n} (the desire for bloodshed) | :: blodtörst |
| blood money {n} (money paid to the family of someone killed) SEE: wergeld | :: |
| blood orange {n} (type of orange) | :: blodapelsin {c} |
| blood plasma {n} (clear fluid portion of blood) | :: blodplasma {c} |
| blood pressure {n} (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) | :: blodtryck {n} |
| blood pudding {n} (blood sausage) SEE: blood sausage | :: |
| blood red {adj} (of a deep vivid red colour) | :: blodröd |
| blood sausage {n} (type of sausage) | :: blodkorv {c}, blodpudding {c} |
| bloodshed {n} (shedding or spilling of blood) | :: blodsutgjutelse {c}, blodspillan {c} |
| bloodshed {n} (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter) | :: blodsutgjutelse {c}, blodspillan {c} |
| bloodstone {n} (type of green chalcedony) | :: heliotrop {c} |
| bloodstream {n} (flow of blood through the circulatory system of an animal) | :: blodomlopp {n} |
| bloodsucker {n} (vampire) SEE: vampire | :: |
| bloodsucker {n} (parasite) SEE: parasite | :: |
| bloodsucker {n} (animal that drinks the blood of others) | :: blodsugare {c} |
| bloodsucker {n} (one who attempts to take as much from others as possible) | :: blodsugare {c}, utsugare {c} |
| blood sugar {n} (glucose in the blood) | :: blodsocker {n} |
| blood sugar {n} (amount of glucose in a person's blood) | :: blodsockerhalt {c} |
| blood, sweat and tears {n} (person's determination and hard work) | :: blod, svett och tårar |
| blood test {n} (a serologic analysis of a sample of blood) | :: blodprov |
| bloodthirsty {adj} (thirsty for blood) | :: blodtörstig |
| blood transfusion {n} (taking blood from one and giving it to another individual) | :: blodtransfusion {c}, blodöverföring {c} |
| blood type {n} (blood classification) | :: blodgrupp {c} |
| blood vessel {n} (component of the circulatory system that carries blood) | :: blodkärl {n}, blodådra {c}, ådra {c} |
| blood work {n} (blood test) SEE: blood test | :: |
| bloody {adj} (covered in blood) | :: blodig |
| bloody {adj} (characterised by great bloodshed) | :: blodig |
| bloody {adj} (intensifier) | :: djävla, förbannad, sabla, satans |
| bloody hell {interj} (expression of dismay) | :: jävla skit |
| bloom {n} (flower) SEE: flower | :: |
| bloom {n} (blossom) SEE: blossom | :: |
| bloom {v} (open its blooms) SEE: blossom | :: |
| bloom {v} (cause to bloom; make flourish) | :: blomma |
| blooming {adj} (opening in blossoms) | :: blomstrande |
| blooper {n} (blunder, error, see also: error) | :: groda {p} |
| blossom {n} (flowers on trees) | :: blomma {c} |
| blossom {n} (state or season for such flowers) | :: blomning {c} |
| blossom {v} (have or open into blossoms) | :: blomma |
| blot {n} (blemish, spot or stain) | :: fläck {c} |
| blotter {n} (piece of blotting paper) SEE: blotting paper | :: |
| blotting paper {n} (absorbent paper used to dry ink) | :: läskpapper |
| blotto {adj} ((very) drunk or intoxicated) SEE: drunk | :: |
| blouse {n} (an outer garment, usually loose, that is similar to a shirt) | :: blus |
| blow {v} (to produce an air current) | :: blåsa |
| blow {v} (to be propelled by an air current) | :: blåsa |
| blow {v} (to create or shape by blowing) | :: blåsa |
| blow {v} (to blow a musical instrument to make it give a sound) | :: blåsa |
| blow {v} ((of a cetacean) exhale visibly through the spout the seawater) | :: blåsa |
| blow {v} (to cause to explode) | :: spränga |
| blow {v} (to fellate) | :: suga av |
| blow {n} (strong wind) | :: blåst {c} |
| blow {n} (act of striking or hitting) | :: slag {n} |
| blow {n} (damaging occurrence) | :: slag {n} |
| blow {n} (mass or display of flowers) | :: blom {c} |
| blow {n} (state of flowering) | :: blom {c} |
| blow {n} (cocaine) SEE: snow | :: |
| blow {v} (blossom) SEE: blossom | :: |
| blow-dryer {n} (an electrical device used for drying hair) SEE: hairdryer | :: |
| blower {n} (telephone) SEE: telephone | :: |
| blowgun {n} (weapon) | :: blåsrör |
| blowjob {n} (the act of fellatio) | :: avsugning {c} |
| blow one's nose {v} (to expel mucus from nose) | :: snyta sig |
| blow one's top {v} (lose one's temper) SEE: lose one's temper | :: |
| blow out {v} (extinguish) | :: blåsa ut |
| blow over {v} (to blow on something causing it to topple) | :: blåsa omkull |
| blow over {v} (to be knocked down by wind) | :: blåsa omkull |
| blow over {v} (to pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down) | :: bedarra, mojna |
| blowpipe {n} (weapon) SEE: blowgun | :: |
| blow someone's mind {v} (to astonish) | :: få någon att tappa hakan, få någon och tappa hakan |
| blowtorch {n} (tool) | :: blåslampa {c} |
| blow up {v} (to explode (transitive)) | :: spränga |
| blow up {v} (to explode (intransitive)) | :: explodera |
| blow up {v} (to inflate) | :: blåsa upp |
| blow up {v} (to enlarge) | :: förstora |
| blowy {n} (windy or breezy) | :: blåsig |
| blubber {n} (coat of fat of Antarctic/Arctic animal) | :: späck {n} |
| blucher {n} (sturdy laced leather half-boot) | :: Blücherskor |
| bludgeon {n} (short heavy club) | :: klubba {c} |
| blue {adj} (blue-colored, see also: dark blue; light blue) | :: blå |
| blue {adj} (depressed) | :: deprimerad |
| blue {n} (colour) | :: blå |
| blue {n} (argument) SEE: argument | :: |
| blue {n} (blue uniform) SEE: blues | :: |
| blue {n} (bluefish) SEE: bluefish | :: |
| blue {n} (sky, literally or figuratively) SEE: sky | :: |
| Bluebeard {prop} (the famous fairy tale) | :: Blåskägg |
| Bluebeard {prop} (the title character) | :: Blåskägg |
| blueberry {n} (fruit) | :: blåbär {n} |
| blueberry {n} (plant) | :: blåbär {n} |
| blueberrying {n} (act of picking blueberries) | :: blåbärsplockande {n} |
| bluebottle {n} (cornflower) SEE: cornflower | :: |
| blue-cheeked bee-eater {n} (Merops persicus) | :: grön biätare {c} |
| blue cheese {n} (kind of cheese with bluish mold) | :: blåmögelost {c} |
| blue-eyed {adj} (having blue eyes) | :: blåögd |
| blue-eyed {adj} (naive) | :: blåögd |
| bluefish {n} (Pomatomus saltatrix) | :: blåfisk {c} |
| blue-gray {adj} (color — see also the hyponyms listed above) | :: åskblå color"] |
| blue jay {n} (species of North American jay) | :: blåskrika {c} |
| blue jeans {n} (denim trousers, see also: jeans) | :: blåjeans {c} |
| blue line {n} (ice hockey: line) | :: blålinje {c} |
| blue mussel {n} (Mytilus edulis) | :: blåmussla {c} |
| blueness {n} (quality or characteristic of being blue) | :: blåhet {c} |
| blueprint {n} (print produced by this process) | :: blåkopia {c} |
| blues {n} (musical form) | :: blues {c} |
| blues {n} (musical composition) | :: blues {c} |
| blue screen of death {n} (screen indicating a system error) | :: blåskärm, blå skärm av döden |
| bluestone {n} (slate) SEE: slate | :: |
| bluestone {n} (limestone) SEE: limestone | :: |
| bluestone {n} (basalt) SEE: basalt | :: |
| blue straggler {n} (unusually hot and blue star) | :: blå eftersläntrar |
| bluethroat {n} (bird) | :: blåhake {c} |
| blue tit {n} (Cyanistes caeruleus) | :: blåmes {c} |
| Bluetooth {prop} (nickname of a Danish king) | :: Blåtand {c} |
| Bluetooth {prop} (personal area wireless network) | :: blåtand {c} |
| blue whale {n} (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) | :: blåval {c} |
| blue-winged kookaburra {n} (Dacelo leachii) | :: blåvingad kookaburra {c} |
| bluff {n} (act of bluffing) | :: bluff {c} |
| bluff {n} (poker: attempt to represent yourself as holding a stronger hand than you do) | :: bluff {c} |
| bluff {v} (to make a bluff) | :: bluffa |
| bluff {adj} (abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque) | :: rättfram, burdus |
| bluish {adj} (somewhat blue in color) | :: blåaktig |
| blunder {n} (mistake) | :: blunder {c}, tabbe {c}, tavla {c} |
| blunderbuss {n} (old style of firearm with a distinctive large opening at the muzzle) | :: muskedunder {n} |
| blunt {adj} (having a thick edge or point, not sharp) | :: trubbig |
| blurry {adj} (not clear, crisp, or focused) | :: suddig |
| blush {n} (an act of blushing) | :: rodnande |
| blush {n} (makeup) | :: rouge |
| blush {v} (to redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment) | :: rodna |
| Blyth's reed warbler {n} (Acrocephalus dumetorum) | :: busksångare {c} |
| B major {n} (the major key with B as its tonic) | :: H-dur |
| B major {n} (the major chord with a root of B) | :: H-durackord |
| BMI {n} (body mass index) | :: BMI {n} |
| boar {n} (wild boar) SEE: wild boar | :: |
| boar {n} (male pig) | :: galt |
| board {n} (long, wide and thin piece of wood or other material) | :: bräda, skiva |
| board {n} (device containing electrical switches) | :: bord {n}, panel {c} |
| board {n} (short for blackboard, whiteboard, etc.) | :: tavla |
| board {n} (managing committee) | :: styrelse, nämnd |
| board {v} (to step or climb onto) | :: gå ombord |
| board {v} (to provide someone with meals and lodging) | :: inackordera v.t. |
| board {v} (to receive meals and lodging in exchange for money) | :: inackordera v.i. |
| board {v} (nautical: to capture an enemy ship) | :: borda, äntra |
| boarder {n} (someone who pays for meals and lodging) | :: matgäst |
| board game {n} (game played on a board) | :: brädspel {n} |
| boarding pass {n} (a document to board a plane, ship, etc.) | :: boardingcard, boarding-pass, embarkeringskort, boardingkort {n}, ombordstigningskort {n} |
| boarding school {n} (school which provides board and lodging) | :: internatskola {c} |
| board meeting {n} (meeting of the board of a company etc.) | :: styrelsemöte {n} |
| board of directors {n} (group of people elected by stockholders) | :: styrelse {c} |
| boardroom {n} (room where the board meets) | :: styrelserum {n} |
| boast {n} (brag) | :: skryt {n} |
| boast {v} (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself) | :: skryta, skrävla |
| boastful {adj} (tending to boast or brag) | :: skytsam |
| boastfully {adv} (in a boastful manner) | :: skrytsamt |
| boastfulness {n} (characteristic of being boastful) | :: skrytsamhet {c} |
| boat {n} (water craft) | :: båt {c} |
| boatbill {n} (heron) | :: båtnäbb {c} |
| boathook {n} (hook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things, see also: setting pole) | :: båtshake {c} |
| boathouse {n} (building for boats) | :: båthus {n} |
| boat lift {n} (mechanism) | :: båtlyft, skeppslyft, lyftverk |
| boatload {n} (A large quantity.) | :: båtlass |
| boat person {n} (person who enjoys boats) | :: båtmänniska {c} |
| boat shed {n} (boathouse) SEE: boathouse | :: |
| boat shoe {n} (type of shoe) | :: seglarsko {c} |
| boatswain {n} (the officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship) | :: överskeppare {c}, båtsman {c} |
| boatyard {n} (shipyard) SEE: shipyard | :: |
| bob {n} (bobber) SEE: float | :: |
| bob {v} (move vertically at surface of water) | :: guppa |
| bob {n} (curtsey) SEE: curtsey | :: |
| bobber {n} (buoyant fishing device) SEE: float | :: |
| bobbin {n} (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) | :: spole {c} |
| bobble {n} (elasticated band for securing hair) | :: hårsnodd {c} |
| bobby pin {n} (type of hair pin) SEE: hairgrip | :: |
| bobcat {n} (North American wild cat) | :: rödlo {c} |
| bobsled {n} (the sled) SEE: bobsleigh | :: |
| bobsled {n} (the sport) SEE: bobsleigh | :: |
| bobsleigh {n} (sport) | :: bob {c} |
| Boche {n} (German) SEE: German | :: |
| bode {v} (to be the omen of; to portend to presage) | :: båda |
| bodice {n} (sleeveless garment covering body from neck to waist) | :: liv {n}, snörliv {n} |
| bodily {adj} (relating to the body) | :: kroppslig, lekamlig |
| bodily fluid {n} (biofluid) | :: kroppsvätska {c} |
| bodkin {n} (dagger) SEE: dagger | :: |
| bodkin {n} (hairpin) SEE: hairpin | :: |
| body {n} (physical structure of a human or animal) | :: kropp {c} |
| body {n} (fleshly or corporeal nature of a human) | :: kropp {c} |
| body {n} (corpse) | :: lik {n} |
| body {n} (torso) | :: kropp {c} |
| body {n} (largest or most important part of anything (e.g. car bodywork)) | :: kaross {c} , kropp {c} |
| body {n} (any physical object or material thing) | :: kropp {c} |
| bodybuilder {n} (a person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique) | :: bodybuilder |
| bodybuilding {n} (sport of muscle development) | :: bodybuilding |
| body camera {n} (video recording system worn on the body) | :: kroppskamera {c} |
| body corporate {n} (corporation) SEE: corporation | :: |
| bodyguard {n} (person responsible for protecting an individual) | :: livvakt {c} |
| body hair {n} (androgenic hair) | :: kroppshår {n}, kroppsbehåring {c} |
| body language {n} (non-verbal communication) | :: kroppsspråk {n} |
| body mass index {n} (the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person) | :: kroppsmasseindex {n}, BMI {n} |
| body odour {n} (unpleasant smell on a perons's body) | :: kroppslukt |
| Body of Christ {prop} (the body of Jesus) | :: Kristi kropp {c} |
| Body of Christ {prop} (the bread of the eucharist) | :: Kristi kropp {c} |
| body part {n} (anatomy: part of organism) | :: kroppsdel {c} |
| bodystocking {n} (one-piece undergarment covering most of the body) | :: kroppsstrumpa {c} |
| bodywork {n} (exterior body of a motor vehicle) | :: kaross |
| bog {n} (expanse of marshland) | :: mosse, myr {c} |
| bog {n} (coarse slang for toilet) SEE: shitter | :: |
| bogatyr {n} (medieval Russian heroic warrior, see also: bahadur) | :: bogatyr {c} |
| bog bilberry {n} (shrub) | :: odon {n} |
| bog bilberry {n} (berry) | :: odon {n} |
| bogey {n} (booger) SEE: booger | :: |
| bogey {n} (standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at) SEE: benchmark | :: |
| bogie {n} (cigarette) SEE: cigarette | :: |
| bogie {n} (ghost) SEE: ghost | :: |
| bogie {n} (booger) SEE: booger | :: |
| bog iron {n} (bog iron ore) SEE: bog iron ore | :: |
| bog iron ore {n} (deposit) | :: myrmalm |
| bogue {n} (Boops boops) | :: oxögonfisk {c} |
| Bohemia {prop} (The region of the Czech Republic) | :: Böhmen |
| bohemian {n} (unconventional person) | :: bohem {c} |
| bohemian {adj} (unconventional) | :: bohemisk |
| Bohemian {n} (native or resident of Bohemia) | :: böhmare {c} |
| Bohemian {adj} (of, or relating to Bohemia or its language) | :: böhmisk |
| bohemium {n} (rhenium) SEE: rhenium | :: |
| bohrium {n} (chemical element) | :: bohrium {n} |
| boil {n} (accumulation of pus) | :: böld {c}, varböld {c} |
| boil {v} (heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas) | :: koka |
| boil {v} (cook in boiling water) | :: koka |
| boil {v} (begin to turn into a gas) | :: koka |
| boiled {adj} (angry) SEE: angry | :: |
| boiled {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| boiled egg {n} (boiled egg (generic)) | :: kokt ägg {n} |
| boiled egg {n} (hard-boiled egg) | :: hårdkokt ägg {n} |
| boiled egg {n} (soft-boiled egg) | :: löskokt ägg {n} |
| boiler {n} (device for heating circulating water) | :: värmepanna {c}, panna {c} |
| boiler {n} (hot water heater with storage) | :: varmvattenberedare {c} |
| boiler room {n} (a room that houses the boiler) | :: pannrum {n}, panncentral {c}, värmecentral {c} |
| boiling {n} (process of changing the state of a substance) | :: kokning {c} |
| boiling {adj} (that boil(s)) | :: kokande |
| boiling {adj} (of a thing: extremely hot) | :: kokande, kokhet |
| boiling {adj} (of the weather: very hot) | :: kokhet |
| boiling point {n} (temperature at which a liquid boils) | :: kokpunkt {c} |
| boil up {v} (to cook or prepare by boiling) | :: koka upp |
| boisterous {adj} (characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy) | :: stormig |
| bok choy {n} (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) | :: kinakål {c} |
| bokeh {n} (subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image) | :: bokeh |
| Bokmål {n} (language) | :: bokmål {n} |
| bold {adj} (courageous, daring) | :: modig, djärv |
| bold {adj} (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface) | :: fet, fetstilt, fetstil |
| bold {adj} (presumptuous) SEE: presumptuous | :: |
| bolete {n} (type of mushroom) | :: sopp |
| Bolivia {prop} (country in South America) | :: Bolivia {n} |
| Bolivian {n} (Bolivian person) | :: bolivian {m}, bolivianska {f} |
| Bolivian {adj} (pertaining to Bolivia) | :: boliviansk |
| bollard {n} (post to secure mooring lines) | :: pollare {c} |
| bollard {n} (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) | :: pollare {c} |
| bollocks {n} (testicles) | :: balle |
| Bologna {prop} (city) | :: Bologna |
| Bolshevik {n} (a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which seized power in the October Revolution of 1917) | :: bolsjevik {c} |
| bolster {n} (a large cushion or pillow) | :: bolster |
| bolster {v} (to brace, reinforce, secure, or support) | :: stödja |
| bolt {n} (metal fastener) | :: bult {c} |
| bolt {n} (sliding pin or bar in a lock) | :: kolv {c} låskolv {c}, regel {c} |
| bolt {n} (bar to prevent a door from being forced open) | :: regel {c} |
| bolt {n} (sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm) | :: slutstycke {n} |
| bolt {n} (short, stout, blunt-headed arrow) | :: pil {c}, skäkta {c} (crossbow arrow) |
| bolt {n} (lightning spark) | :: blixt {c} vigg {c} |
| bolt {n} (large roll of material) | :: bunt {c} packe {c}, rulle {c} |
| bolt {v} (to connect pieces using a bolt) | :: förbinda, fästa, skruva |
| bolt {v} (to secure a door) | :: regla, låsa |
| bolt {v} (to accelerate suddenly) | :: rusa, skena |
| bolt {v} (to escape) | :: schappa, fly |
| bolt cutter {n} (large pair of pliers to cut bolts) | :: bultsax |
| bolt from the blue {n} (something totally unexpected) | :: som en blixt från klar himmel (like a lightning bolt out of a clear sky) |
| bolt upright {adj} | :: kapprak |
| bomb {n} (device filled with explosives) | :: bomb {c} |
| bomb {v} (attack with bombs) | :: bombardera , bomba |
| bomb {n} (success) SEE: success | :: |
| bombardment {n} (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) | :: bombning {c} |
| bomber {n} (bomb setter) | :: bombman {c}, bombare {c} |
| bomber jacket {n} (short leather jacket) | :: bomberjacka {c} |
| bombing {n} (action of dropping bombs from the air) | :: bombning {c} |
| bombing {n} (action of placing and detonating bombs) | :: bombning {c} |
| bona fide {adj} (genuine) | :: äkta |
| Bonaparte's gull {n} (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) | :: trädmås {c} |
| Bonapartism {n} (pratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte) | :: bonapartism {c} |
| Bonapartist {n} (one attached to Napoleon's policy) | :: bonapartist {c} |
| bon appétit {phrase} (used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat) | :: smaklig måltid |
| Bonaventure {prop} (male given name) | :: Bonaventura |
| bond {n} (link, connection or union) | :: band {n} |
| bond {n} (in chemistry, a link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule) | :: bindning {c} |
| bond {n} (documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract) | :: obligation {c} |
| bond {n} (bail bond) SEE: bail bond | :: |
| bondage {n} (The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery) | :: slaveri {n} |
| Bond girl {n} (young women who appear in James Bond movies) | :: Bondbrud {c} |
| bone {v} (to remove bones) | :: bena ur |
| bone {n} (material) | :: ben {n} |
| bone {n} (component of a skeleton) | :: ben {n} |
| bone {n} (colour) | :: benvit {c} |
| bone black {n} (preparation containing carbonized bone) | :: bensvart {c} |
| bone china {n} (type of porcelain) | :: benporslin {n} |
| bone dry {adj} (bone-dry) SEE: bone-dry | :: |
| bone-dry {adj} (totally dry) | :: peppartorr, snustorr |
| bonefolder {n} (A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease) | :: falsben {n} |
| bone marrow {n} (bone marrow) | :: benmärg {c}, märg {c} |
| bone of contention {n} (Something that continues to be disputed) | :: stridsäpple {n}, tvistefrö {n} |
| boner {n} (erect penis) | :: stånd |
| boner {n} (rigid state of penis or clitoris) SEE: erection | :: |
| bonfire {n} (large, outdoor controlled fire) | :: bål, lägereld, brasa |
| bonjour {interj} (hello) SEE: hello | :: |
| bonnet {n} (cover over the engine of a motor car) | :: motorhuv {c} |
| bonnet {n} (second stomach of a ruminant) SEE: reticulum | :: |
| bonnie {adj} (Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe) | :: ljuv |
| bonobo {n} (pygmy chimpanzee) | :: dvärgschimpans {c}, bonobo {c} |
| bonsai {v} (a miniaturized tree or plant) | :: bonsai, bonsaiträd {n} |
| bonus {n} (something extra that is good) | :: bonus {c} |
| bonus {n} (extra amount of money given as a premium) | :: bonus {c}, lönebonus {c} |
| bon vivant {n} (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) | :: goddagsplit {c}, livsnjutare {c}, vivör {c}, lebeman {c}, festprisse {c} |
| bon voyage {interj} (wish of good journey) | :: trevlig resa, lycklig resa, kom väl hem |
| boo {interj} (loud exclamation intended to scare someone) | :: bu |
| boo {interj} (word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared) | :: bu |
| boo {interj} (exclamation used by a member of an audience) | :: bu |
| boo {v} (to shout boos derisively (intransitive)) | :: bua |
| boo {v} (to shout boos at (transitive)) | :: bua ut |
| Boo {prop} (locality in Sweden) | :: Boo |
| boob {n} (breast (colloquial)) | :: tutt {c}, tutte {c}, patt {c} |
| boob tube {n} (women's garment) SEE: tube top | :: |
| booby {n} (bird) | :: sula {c} |
| booby trap {n} (an unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall) SEE: pitfall | :: |
| booby trap {n} (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) | :: försåtminering {c} |
| booger {n} (a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus) | :: snorkråka {c}, kråka {c}, snorbuse {c}, buse {c} |
| book {n} (ebook) SEE: e-book | :: |
| book {n} (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material) | :: bok {c} |
| book {n} (convenient collection of small paper items, such as stamps) | :: häfte {n} |
| book {n} (major division of a published work, larger than a chapter) | :: bok {c} , volym {c} |
| book {n} (usually in plural: records of the accounts of a business) | :: bokföring {c} |
| book {v} (to reserve) | :: boka |
| book {v} (to write down, register, record) | :: bokföra, skriva in |
| bookbinder {n} (person whose profession is binding books) | :: bokbindare {c} |
| bookbindery {n} (building where books are assembled and bound) | :: bokbindarverkstad {c}, bokbinderi {n} |
| bookbinding {n} (art, craft or process of binding books) | :: bokbinderi {n}, bokbindning {c} |
| bookcase {n} (furniture displaying books) | :: bokhylla {c}, bokskåp {n} |
| bookend {n} (object designed to keep books upright) | :: bokstöd {n} |
| book fair {n} (public event at which books are sold) | :: bokmässa {c} |
| bookish {adj} (characterized by a method of expression generally found in books) | :: skriftspråklig, litterär |
| bookjacket {n} (jacket of a book) SEE: dust jacket | :: |
| bookkeeper {n} (person responsible for keeping records) | :: bokhållare {c} |
| booklet {n} (small book) | :: broschyr |
| bookmark {n} (strip used to mark a place in a book) | :: bokmärke {n} |
| Book of the Dead {prop} (ancient Egyptian funerary text) | :: De dödas bok |
| bookplate {n} (piece of paper pasted on a book to show ownership) | :: exlibris {n}, exlibrismärke {n} |
| bookrack {n} (rack for books) SEE: bookshelf | :: |
| bookrest {n} (support used to maintain a book) | :: bokstöd {n} |
| bookseller {n} (person) | :: bokhandlare {c} |
| bookseller {n} (business) | :: bokhandel {c}, boklåda {c} |
| bookshelf {n} (shelf for storing books) | :: bokhylla {c} |
| bookshop {n} (shop that sells books) | :: bokhandel {c}, boklåda {c} |
| Books of Moses {prop} (five books) | :: Moseböcker |
| bookstore {n} (bookshop) SEE: bookshop | :: |
| book value {n} (the value of an asset) | :: bokfört värde {n} |
| book value {n} (the price for which an item should be bought or sold) | :: listpris {n} |
| bookworm {n} (insect) | :: bokmal {c} |
| bookworm {n} (avid reader) | :: bokmal {c} |
| Boolean {adj} (logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”) | :: boolesk |
| Boolean {n} (type of variable) | :: boolesk variabel {c} |
| Boolean algebra {n} (algebraic structure) | :: Boolesk algebra |
| boom {interj} (sound of explosion) | :: smäll {c}, bom |
| boom {n} (spar extending the foot of a sail) | :: bom {c} |
| boom {n} (horizontal member of a crane) | :: bom {c} |
| boom {n} (floating barrier) | :: läns {c}, länsa {c} |
| boom {n} (period of prosperity) | :: boom {c}, högkonjunktur {c}, hausse {c} |
| boom barrier {n} (gate at level crossing) | :: bom {c} |
| boom box {n} (portable audio system) | :: bergsprängare {c} |
| boomerang {n} (flat curved airfoil) | :: bumerang {c} |
| boom gate {n} (boom barrier) SEE: boom barrier | :: |
| boomslang {n} (Dispholidus typus) | :: boomslang {c} |
| boon {n} (A blessing or benefit) | :: välsignelse, förmån |
| boondock {n} (rural area) | :: vischan {c} |
| boondoggle {n} (woggle) SEE: woggle | :: |
| boor {n} (an uncultured person) | :: tölp {c}, bonnläpp {c} |
| boost {v} (to steal) | :: sno, tjuva, stjäla |
| boot {n} (heavy shoe that covers part of the leg) | :: stövel {c}, känga {c} |
| boot {n} (archaic: place for baggage at either end of a stagecoach) | :: vagnslåda {c} |
| boot {v} (kick) | :: sparka |
| boot {v} (forcibly eject) | :: sparka |
| boot {v} (vomit) | :: kräkas, spy |
| boot {n} (remedy) | :: båtnad {c}, gagn {n}, hjälp, fördel {c}, vinning {c}, vinst {c} |
| boot {n} (profit) | :: vinning {c} |
| boot {v} (to profit) | :: båta, gagna, hjälpa, tjäna (till) |
| boot {v} (to start a system) | :: boota |
| boot {n} (kick) SEE: kick | :: |
| boot {n} (luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car) SEE: trunk | :: |
| bootblack {n} (shoeshiner) SEE: shoeshiner | :: |
| booted eagle {n} (Hieraaetus pennatus) | :: dvärgörn {c} |
| booted warbler {n} (Iduna caligata) | :: stäppsångare {c} |
| bootlicker {n} (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) | :: rövslickare {c} |
| bootstrap {v} (to load the operating system) SEE: boot | :: |
| bootstrap {v} (to help (oneself) without the aid of others) | :: starta |
| boot up {v} (to start computer by bootstrap procedure) SEE: boot | :: |
| booty {n} (plunder) | :: byte {n} |
| booty {n} (The buttocks) | :: häck {n}, stjärt |
| booze {v} (slang:to drink alcohol) | :: supa |
| boozehound {n} (alcoholic) | :: fyllehund {c}, alkoholist {c} |
| borage {n} (Borago officinalis) | :: gurkört {c} |
| borborygm {n} (gurgling or rumbling noise produced by gas in the bowels) SEE: borborygmus | :: |
| borborygmus {n} (the rumbling sounds in the intestines) | :: kurr {n} |
| bordello {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel | :: |
| border {n} (the line or frontier area separating regions) | :: gräns {c} |
| border {v} ((transitive) to put a border on something) | :: gränsa till |
| border {v} ((transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border) | :: gränsa till |
| border collie {n} (border collie) | :: bordercollie {c} |
| Border Collie {n} (Border Collie) SEE: border collie | :: |
| borderer {n} (person who resides near a border) | :: gränsbo {c} |
| bordure {n} (contrasting border round a shield) | :: bård {c} |
| bore {v} (to make a hole) | :: borra |
| bore {v} (to inspire boredom) | :: tråka ut |
| bore {n} (One who inspires boredom) | :: tråkmåns {c} |
| boreal {adj} (relating to the north) | :: nordlig |
| boreal chickadee {n} (Poecile hudsonicus) | :: kanadames {c} |
| boreal owl {n} (Tengmalm's owl) SEE: Tengmalm's owl | :: |
| Boreas {prop} (Greek god) | :: Boreas |
| Boreas {prop} (the north wind personified) | :: Bore, Kung Bore |
| bored {adj} (suffering from boredom) | :: uttråkad |
| boredom {n} (state of being bored) | :: uttråkning {c}, tristess {c} |
| borer {n} (person who bores/drills) | :: borrare {c} |
| borer {n} (tool) | :: borrmaskin |
| bore water {n} (water accumulated in aquifers below the earth's surface) SEE: groundwater | :: |
| boric acid {n} (White crystalline solid soluble as a weak acid) | :: borsyra {c} |
| boring {adj} (causing boredom) | :: tråkig |
| born {adj} (given birth to) | :: född |
| born {v} (be born) SEE: be born | :: |
| born-again {adj} (renewed commitment to Jesus Christ) | :: pånyttfödd |
| Bornholm {prop} (Danish island in the Baltic Sea) | :: Bornholm {c} |
| born with a silver spoon in one's mouth {adj} (born rich or in a wealthy family) | :: född med silversked i mun |
| boro {v} (borrow) SEE: borrow | :: |
| boron {n} (chemical element) | :: bor {n} |
| borough {n} (administrative district) | :: borg {c} |
| borough {n} (municipal borough) | :: borg {c} |
| borrow {v} (receive temporarily) | :: låna |
| borrower {n} (one who borrows) | :: låntagare {c} |
| borrowing {n} (loanword) SEE: loanword | :: |
| borscht {n} (beetroot soup) | :: borsjtj |
| borstal {n} (juvenile institution) SEE: reform school | :: |
| Bose-Einstein condensate {n} (gaseous superfluid) | :: Bose–Einstein-kondensat {n} |
| bosk {n} (thicket; small wood) SEE: thicket | :: |
| Bosnia {prop} (northern part of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a geographic and historical entity) | :: Bosnien |
| Bosnia {prop} (short for 'Bosnia and Herzegovina') | :: Bosnien |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina {prop} (country on the Balkan peninsula) | :: Bosnien och Hercegovina |
| Bosnian {n} (the people) | :: bosnier {c} |
| Bosnian {n} (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) | :: bosniska |
| bosom {n} (chest, breast) | :: byst, barm |
| bosomy {adj} (having a large bosom) SEE: big-breasted | :: |
| boson {n} (particle) | :: boson |
| Bosphorus {prop} (a strait that passes through Istanbul) | :: Bosporen |
| boss {n} (supervisor) | :: chef {c}, boss {c}, förman {c}, bas {c} |
| boss {n} (person in charge) | :: chef {c} |
| boss {n} (enemy in video game) | :: boss |
| boss {v} (to exercise authority over (someone)) | :: bossa |
| bot {n} (robot) SEE: robot | :: |
| bot {n} (larva of a botfly) | :: styngflugelarv {c} |
| bot {n} (a piece of software for doing repetitive tasks) | :: bot {c} |
| bota bag {n} (wineskin bag) | :: vinskinn |
| botanic {adj} (pertaining to botany) SEE: botanical | :: |
| botanical {adj} (Of or pertaining to botany) | :: botanisk, växt- |
| botanical garden {n} (a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons) | :: botanisk trädgård {c} |
| botanically {adv} (in a botanical manner) | :: botanisk, växt- |
| botanic garden {n} (botanical garden) SEE: botanical garden | :: |
| botanist {n} (a person engaged in botany) | :: botaniker {c}, botanist {c} |
| botanize {v} (do the work of a botanist) | :: botanisera |
| botany {n} (scientific study of plants) | :: botanik {c}, växtlära |
| botany {n} (properties and life phenomena of plants) | :: växtbiologi {c} |
| botany {n} (botanical treatise or study) | :: lärobok i botanik {c} , flora {c} |
| Boötes {prop} (a constellation) | :: Björnvaktaren {c} |
| botfly {n} (insect) | :: styngfluga |
| both {determiner} (each of two; one and the other) | :: båda, bägge, ömse |
| both {conj} (both...and...) | :: både, såväl ... som |
| bother {v} (to annoy, disturb) | :: störa |
| bother {v} (to do something which is of negligible inconvenience) | :: bry sig om, idas |
| bother {n} (trouble, inconvenience) | :: besvär {n} |
| botheration {interj} (expression of annoyance) SEE: bother | :: |
| Bothnian Bay {prop} (northern part of the Gulf of Bothnia) | :: Bottenviken |
| Bothnian Sea {prop} (southern part of the Gulf of Bothnia) | :: Bottenhavet {n} |
| Botswana {prop} (Republic of Botswana) | :: Botswana {n} |
| bottle {n} (container) | :: flaska {c} |
| bottle {n} (contents of such a container) | :: flaska {c} |
| bottle {v} (seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption) | :: buteljera |
| bottle {v} (feed (an infant) baby formula) | :: ge någon flaskan |
| bottle {n} (container with a rubber nipple) SEE: baby bottle | :: |
| bottle cap {n} (closure used to seal bottles) | :: kapsyl {c} |
| bottled water {n} (drinking water sold in a bottle) | :: flaskvatten {n} |
| bottle gourd {n} (calabash) SEE: calabash | :: |
| bottleneck {n} (neck of a bottle) | :: flaskhals {c} |
| bottleneck {n} (narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay) | :: flaskhals {c} |
| bottleneck {n} (part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome) | :: flaskhals {c} |
| bottle opener {n} (device to open bottles) | :: flasköppnare {c} , kapsylöppnare {c} |
| bottle shop {n} (liquor store) SEE: liquor store | :: |
| bottle sling {n} (knot) | :: engelsk säckknop {c} |
| bottom {n} (abyss) SEE: abyss | :: |
| bottom {n} (lowest part) | :: botten |
| bottom {n} (garment worn on lower body) | :: underdel {c} |
| bottom {n} (euphemistic: buttocks or anus) | :: bak {c}, ända {c}, rumpa {c}, stjärt {c} |
| bottom {n} (gay sexual slang: penetrated partner in sex) | :: passiv |
| bottom {n} (physics: bottom quark) SEE: bottom quark | :: |
| bottomless {adj} (having no bottom) | :: bottenlös |
| bottomless {adj} (extremely deep) | :: byxlös |
| bottomless {adj} (naked from the waist down) | :: bottenlös |
| bottom quark {n} (bottom quark) | :: bottenkvark {c} |
| bottoms up {interj} (Cheers!) | :: botten upp |
| botulism {n} (medical condition) | :: botulism |
| boudoir {n} (woman's private room) SEE: bower | :: |
| bougainvillea {n} (flower) | :: trillingblomssläktet |
| bough {n} (tree branch) | :: trädgren {c} |
| bouillabaisse {n} (mixture) SEE: mixture | :: |
| bouillabaisse {n} (type of fish stew or soup from Provence) | :: bouillabaisse {c} |
| boulder {n} (large mass of stone) | :: stenblock {n}, stenbumling {c} |
| boulevard {n} (broad, landscaped thoroughfare) | :: bulevard |
| bounce {v} (to change direction of motion after hitting an obstacle) | :: studsa |
| bounce {n} (change of direction of motion after hitting an obstacle) | :: studs {c} |
| bouncer {n} (member of security personnel) | :: dörrvakt {c}, rockvaktmästare {c}, utkastare {c}, inkastare {c} |
| bouncing castle {n} (inflatable structure on which children jump and play) | :: hoppborg {c} |
| bouncy ball {n} (small rubber ball) | :: studsboll {c} |
| bound {n} (boundary, border of territory) | :: gräns {c} |
| bound {n} (mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set) | :: gräns {c} |
| bound {v} (to surround a territory) | :: gränsa till |
| bound {n} (sizeable jump) | :: hopp {n}, skutt {n} |
| bound {v} (to leap) | :: skutta |
| boundary {n} (dividing line or location between two areas) | :: gräns {c} |
| bound state {n} (composite of particles that behaves as a single particle) | :: bundet tillstånd {n} |
| bound variable {n} (in logic) | :: bunden variabel |
| bounty {n} (abundance or wealth) SEE: abundance | :: |
| bounty {n} (something given liberally, see also: gift) | :: gåva {c}, present {c} |
| bounty {n} (reward for some specific act) | :: belöning {n} |
| bounty {n} (generosity) SEE: generosity | :: |
| bounty hunter {n} (person who catches criminals in return for a reward) | :: prisjägare {c} |
| bouquet {n} (bunch of flowers) | :: bukett {c} |
| bouquet garni {n} (bouquet garni) | :: bouquet garni |
| bourdon {n} (bumblebee) SEE: bumblebee | :: |
| bourgeois {adj} (of or relating to the middle class) | :: borgerlig |
| bourgeois {adj} (conventional, conservative and materialistic) | :: borgerlig |
| bourse {n} (stock exchange) SEE: stock exchange | :: |
| boustrophedon {n} (writing that is alternately right-to-left and left-to-right) | :: bustrofedon, plogskrift {c}, oxplöjarskrift {c} |
| boutique {n} (a small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like) | :: butik |
| Bouvet Island {prop} (uninhabited volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean) | :: Bouvetön |
| bouzouki {n} (lute) | :: bouzouki {c} |
| bovarysm {n} (anxiety to escape from an unsatisfactory social or sentimental condition) | :: bovarysm {c} |
| bovid {n} (an animal of Bovidae) | :: slidhornsdjur {n} |
| bow {n} (weapon used for shooting arrows) | :: båge {c}, pilbåge {c} |
| bow {n} (bend in a rod or planar surface) | :: båge {c}, krökning {c}, rundning {c} |
| bow {n} (rod used for playing stringed instruments) | :: stråke {c} |
| bow {n} (type of knot with two loops) | :: rosett {c} |
| bow {v} (to become bent) | :: böja, kröka, bågna, böjas, krokna |
| bow {v} (to bend a thing) | :: böja, kröka |
| bow {v} (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference) | :: bocka (sig), buga (sig) |
| bow {n} (gesture made by bending forward at the waist) | :: bockning {c}, bugning {c} |
| bow {n} (front of a boat or ship) | :: bog {c}, för {c}, stäv {c} |
| bow and arrow {n} (weapon) | :: pil och båge |
| bow drill {n} (a simple hand-operated tool) SEE: fire drill | :: |
| bower {n} (a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle) | :: budoar |
| bowhead {n} (Balaena mysticetus) | :: grönlandsval {c} |
| bowhead whale {n} (a whale, Balaena mysticetus) SEE: bowhead | :: |
| bowl {n} (container for food) | :: skål {c} |
| bowl {n} (haircut) SEE: bowl cut | :: |
| bowl cut {n} (haircut) | :: pottfrisyr {c} |
| bowleg {n} (leg that curves outward from the knee) | :: hjulbent |
| bow-legged {adj} (having a bowleg) | :: hjulbent |
| bowler {n} (cricket: player currently bowling) | :: kastare {c} |
| bowler {n} (pitcher) SEE: pitcher | :: |
| bowler {n} (bowler hat) SEE: bowler hat | :: |
| bowler hat {n} (hard round black felt hat) | :: plommonstop {n} |
| bowline {n} (knot) | :: pålstek |
| bowling {n} (a game played by rolling a ball down an alley) | :: bowling {c} |
| bowling ball {n} (ball for bowling) | :: bowlingklot {n} |
| bowman {n} (archer) SEE: archer | :: |
| Bowman's capsule {n} (cup-like sac) | :: Bowmans kapsel {c} |
| bow saw {n} (for tree trunks, Swede saw) | :: bågsåg {c} |
| bow saw {n} (for woodworking, frame saw, turning saw) | :: ramsåg {c} |
| bowsprit {n} (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel) | :: bogspröt |
| bowtie {n} (necktie shaped like a bow) | :: fluga {c} |
| bow wow {n} (sound of a dog barking) | :: vov vov, voff voff, voff, vov |
| bow-wow {interj} (bow wow) SEE: bow wow | :: |
| box {n} (cuboid space; container) | :: ask {c}, box {c}, bössa {c}, dosa {c}, kartong {c}, kista {c}, koffert {c}, låda {c}, schatull {c}, skrin {n} |
| box {n} (as much as fills a box) | :: låda {c} |
| box {n} (compartment to sit inside) | :: avbalkning {c}, box {c}, bås {n}, fack {n}, loge {c} |
| box {n} (driver’s seat on a coach) | :: kuskbock {c} |
| box {n} (small rectangular shelter) | :: kur {c}, jakthydda {c}, vaktkur {c} |
| box {n} (computer, or the case in which it is housed) | :: dator {c} |
| box {n} ((engineering) cylindrical casing) | :: box {c}, bössa {c}, hylsa {c}, låda {c}, fodral {n} |
| box {v} (to place inside a box) | :: lägga i en låda |
| box {n} (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus) | :: buxbom {c} |
| box {n} (blow with the fist) | :: slag med handen |
| box {v} (to strike with the fists) | :: boxa |
| box {v} (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) | :: boxas |
| box {n} (rectangle) SEE: oblong | :: |
| box {n} (wood from a box tree) SEE: boxwood | :: |
| box {n} (fish of the genus Boops) SEE: bogue | :: |
| box calf {n} (calfskin) | :: boxkalv {c} |
| boxcar {n} (enclosed railroad freight car) | :: godsvagn {c} |
| boxer {n} (type of internal combustion engine) SEE: boxer engine | :: |
| boxer engine {n} (horizontally opposed engine) | :: boxermotor {c} |
| boxers {n} (boxer shorts) SEE: boxer shorts | :: |
| boxer shorts {n} (underwear) | :: boxerkalsonger {c-p}, boxershorts, boxer {c} {c-p} |
| boxing {n} (the sport of boxing) | :: boxning {c} |
| Boxing Day {n} (the day after Christmas: 26 December) | :: annandag jul {c}, annandagen |
| boxing glove {n} (padded mitten worn in boxing) | :: boxningshandske {c} |
| boxing week {n} | :: mellandagarna |
| box office {n} (ticket office) | :: biljettkassa {c} |
| boxthorn {n} (plant of the genus Lycium) SEE: wolfberry | :: |
| box tree {n} (tree of the genus Buxus) | :: buxbom {c} |
| box wine {n} (wine that is sealed in a plastic bladder) | :: lådvin {n} |
| boxwood {n} (Buxus sempervirens) | :: buxbom {c} |
| boy {n} (young male) | :: pojke {c}, kille {c} |
| boy {n} (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive) | :: kille, grabb |
| boy {interj} (surprise or pleasure) | :: gosse |
| boyar {n} (rank of aristocracy) | :: bojar {c} |
| boy band {n} (pop group whose members are all young men) | :: pojkband |
| boycott {v} (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) | :: bojkotta |
| boycott {n} (the act of boycotting) | :: bojkott {c} |
| boyfriend {n} (male partner in a romantic relationship) | :: pojkvän, kille, käraste {c} |
| boyfriend {n} (male friend) | :: killkompis {c} |
| boysenberry {n} (berry) | :: boysenbär {n} |
| boyshorts {n} (underwear) | :: boxertrosor {c-p} |
| boy's name {n} (name given to a male) | :: pojknamn {n} |
| bozo {n} ((slang) A stupid or foolish person) | :: dåre {c}, pappskalle {c} |
| BPaaS {n} (Platform as a Service) | :: BPaaS {c} |
| B-pillar {n} (automotive: vertical support) | :: B-stolpe {c} |
| bra {n} (brassiere) | :: behå, bh {c}, bysthållare, brösthållare |
| brace {n} (harness) SEE: harness | :: |
| brace {n} (system to correct crooked teeth) SEE: braces | :: |
| brace {n} (curly bracket) SEE: curly bracket | :: |
| bracelet {n} (a band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament) | :: armband |
| braces {n} (handcuffs) SEE: handcuffs | :: |
| braces {n} (device for straightening teeth) | :: tandställning {c} |
| braces {n} (pair of straps holding trousers) | :: hängslen |
| brachium {n} (upper arm) SEE: upper arm | :: |
| brachylogy {n} (concise speech) | :: brakylogi {c} |
| bracing {adj} (stimulating) | :: stärkande, uppfriskande, uppiggande |
| bracket {n} (item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf) | :: konsoll {c} |
| bracket {n} (generically any of "(", ")", "", "{", "}", "<" and ">") | :: parentes {c} |
| bracket {n} (one of several ranges of numbers) | :: intervall {n} |
| bracket {n} (square bracket) SEE: square bracket | :: |
| bracket {n} (round bracket) SEE: round bracket | :: |
| bracket fungus {n} (fungus of the family Polyporaceae) | :: ticka {c} |
| brackish {adj} (slightly salty) | :: bräckt |
| bradycardia {n} (condition of having a slow heartbeat) | :: bradykardi {c} |
| brae {n} (hillside or slope) SEE: hillside | :: |
| brag {v} (to boast) | :: skryta |
| brag {n} (boast) SEE: boast | :: |
| braggardly {adj} (boastful) SEE: boastful | :: |
| braggart {adj} (characterized by boasting) SEE: boastful | :: |
| bragger {n} (person who brags) | :: skrytmåns {c} |
| bragging rights {n} (the prerogative to praise oneself) | :: skryträttigheter {p} |
| braid {v} (to intertwine) | :: fläta |
| braid {n} (weave of three or more strands) | :: fläta {c} |
| braille {n} (system of writing using raised dots) | :: Brailleskrift, punktskrift |
| brain {n} (organ) | :: hjärna {c} |
| brain {n} (person providing intelligence) | :: hjärna {c} |
| brain {n} (brains: intellect) | :: förstånd {n} |
| brain cell {n} (cell in brain) | :: hjärncell {c} |
| brain damage {n} (injury to the brain) | :: hjärnskada {c} |
| brain drain {n} (emigration of educated people) | :: kompetensflykt {c} |
| brain mushroom {n} (fungus) | :: stenmurkla {c} |
| brainpower {n} (mental ability) SEE: intelligence | :: |
| brain stem {n} (part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum) | :: hjärnstammen {c} |
| brainstorm {n} (brainstorming) SEE: brainstorming | :: |
| brainstorming {n} (method of problem solving) | :: hjärnstorm {c}, idékläckning {c}, brainstorming {c} |
| brainteaser {n} (brainteaser) | :: hjärngymnastik |
| brain tumor {n} (an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division) | :: hjärntumör {c} |
| brainwash {n} (effect upon one's memory, belief or ideas) | :: hjärntvätt {c} |
| brainwash {v} (to affect one's mind) | :: hjärntvätta |
| brain-washing {n} (form of indoctrination) | :: hjärntvätt {c} |
| braise {v} (To cook in a small amount of liquid) | :: bräsera |
| brake {n} (nautical: handle of pump) | :: handtag {n} |
| brake {n} (device used to slow or stop a vehicle) | :: broms {c} |
| brake {v} (to operate brakes) | :: bromsa |
| brake {v} (to be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking) | :: bromsa |
| brake fluid {n} (hydraulic fluid) | :: bromsvätska {c} |
| brake light {n} (light on the rear of a vehicle) | :: bromslykta {c} |
| brake lining {n} (consumable surfaces in brake systems) | :: bromsbeslag {n} |
| brake pedal {n} (the pedal in a vehicle which operates the brakes) | :: bromspedal {c} |
| brake shoe {n} (element of a drum brake) | :: bromssko {c} |
| bramble {n} (diverse Rubus shrubs) SEE: blackberry | :: |
| bramble {n} (any thorny shrub) SEE: thornbush | :: |
| brambling {n} (bird) | :: bergfink {c} |
| branch {n} (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk) | :: gren {c} |
| branch {n} (location of an organization with several locations) | :: filial |
| branch {n} (area in business or of knowledge, research) | :: gren {c}, område {n} |
| branch off {v} (to diverge into two or more separate paths) | :: förgrena |
| branch office {n} (office separate from the headquarters of the business) | :: branschkontor {n} |
| brand {n} (name, symbol, logo) | :: märke {n}, varumärke {n} |
| brand {n} (a specific product, service, or provider so distinguished) | :: märke {n} |
| brand {v} (mark with proof of ownership) | :: brännmärka |
| brand {v} (stigmatize) | :: brännmärka |
| brand {n} (marker for cattle) SEE: branding iron | :: |
| branding iron {n} (bent piece of metal) | :: brännjärn {n} |
| brandish {v} (to move a weapon) | :: svinga, fäkta |
| brand new {adj} (utterly new) | :: splitterny |
| brand spanking new {adj} (brand new) SEE: brand new | :: |
| brandy {n} (liquor) | :: konjak {c}, brandy {c} |
| brane {n} (hypothetical object) | :: bran {n} |
| brant {n} (wild geese of the genus Branta) | :: brantagås {c} |
| brass {n} (alloy of copper and zinc) | :: mässing {c} |
| brass {n} (slang: money) | :: kosing {c} |
| brass band {n} (group of musicians who play brass instruments) | :: brassband {n}, bleckblåsorkester {c} |
| brassiere {n} (bra) SEE: bra | :: |
| brass instrument {n} (musical instrument) | :: bleckblåsinstrument {n} |
| brass knuckles {n} (weapon which reinforces the fist) | :: knogjärn |
| brat {n} (a selfish, spoiled, or unruly child) | :: snorunge {c} |
| Bratislava {prop} (The capital of Slovakia) | :: Bratislava |
| Braunschweig {prop} (Brunswick) SEE: Brunswick | :: |
| brave {adj} (strong in the face of fear) | :: modig |
| bravery {n} (being brave) | :: tapperhet {c} |
| bravo {n} (the letter "B") | :: Bertil |
| bravo {interj} (interjection) | :: bravo |
| brawl {n} (disorderly argument or fight) | :: slagsmål {n}, bråk |
| brawl {v} (to engage in a brawl, see also: fight; quarrel) | :: slåss |
| brawn {n} (physical strength, muscularity) | :: muskelstyrka {c} |
| brawn {n} (terrine) | :: sylta {c} |
| brawny {adj} (characterized by brawn) | :: muskulös, atletisk, biffig |
| brazen {adj} (impudent, immodest, or shameless) | :: fräck |
| brazen bull {n} (ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death) | :: mässingstjuren {c} |
| brazen-faced {adj} (Impudent) | :: oförskämd, fräck |
| Brazil {prop} (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) | :: Brasilien |
| Brazilian {n} (person from Brazil) | :: brasilian {c}, brasilianare {c}, brasilianska {c}, brasse {c} |
| Brazilian {adj} (pertaining to Brazil) | :: brasiliansk |
| Brazilian Portuguese {prop} (Portuguese spoken and written in Brazil) | :: brasiliansk portugisiska |
| brazil nut {n} (tree) | :: paranötsträd {n} |
| brazil nut {n} (nut) | :: paranöt |
| breach {n} (gap) | :: bräsch {c} |
| breach of contract {n} (failure to perform) | :: avtalsbrott {n} |
| bread {n} (baked dough made from cereals) | :: bröd {n} |
| bread {v} (to bread) | :: panera, bröa |
| bread and circuses {n} (food and entertainment provided by the state) | :: bröd och skådespel |
| breadbasket {n} (stomach) SEE: stomach | :: |
| breadbasket {n} (basket for storing or carrying bread) | :: brödkorg {c}, brödfat {n}, brödlåda {c} |
| breadbasket {n} (food bowl) SEE: food bowl | :: |
| breadboard {n} (cutting board) | :: skärbräde {n}, skärbräda {c} |
| breadboard {n} (pull-out cutting board) | :: skärbräde {n}, skärbräda {c} |
| breadboard {n} (reusable solderless device) | :: kopplingsplatta {c}, kopplingsdäck {n} |
| breadbox {n} (a container for storing bread) | :: brödlåda {c} |
| bread knife {n} (knife designed to cut bread) | :: brödkniv {c} |
| breadmaker {n} (baker) SEE: baker | :: |
| bread roll {n} (miniature round loaf of bread) | :: fralla {c}, småfranska |
| breadth {n} (scope, range) | :: bredd {c} |
| breadth {n} (width) SEE: width | :: |
| breadwinner {n} (primary income-earner in a household) | :: familjeförsörjare {c} |
| break {v} (intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces) | :: gå sönder |
| break {v} (transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces) | :: bryta, ta isär, ha isär, slå sönder |
| break {v} (intransitive, of a bone: to crack) | :: brytas |
| break {v} (transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack) | :: bryta |
| break {v} (transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)) | :: bryta |
| break {v} (intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether) | :: gå sönder |
| break {v} (transitive: to cause to stop functioning) | :: ha sönder, ta sönder |
| break {v} (of a wave, to collapse into a surf) | :: bryta |
| break {v} (to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily) | :: avbryta, bryta |
| break {v} (billiards: to make the first shot) | :: spränga |
| break {v} | :: bryta ned |
| break {n} (instance of breaking something into pieces) | :: brott {n} |
| break {n} (rest or pause, usually from work) | :: avbrott {n}, rast {c}, paus {c} |
| break {n} (tennis: game won by receiving party) | :: break {n} |
| breakable {adj} (fragile) SEE: fragile | :: |
| breakable {adj} (able to be broken) | :: bräcklig |
| break a leg {interj} (expression of best wishes to a performer) | :: kör hårt! |
| breakaway {adj} (having broken away from a larger unit) | :: utbrytar- |
| breakaway {n} (in cycling) | :: utbrytning {c}, utbrytargrupp {c} |
| breakaway {n} (in ice hockey) | :: friläge |
| breakdancing {n} (Style of dance) | :: breakdance {c}, breakdans |
| break down {v} (to cease to function) | :: gå sönder |
| breakdown {n} (lapse of mental stability) | :: sammanbrott {n} |
| breakdown {n} (listing or categorization in great detail) | :: nedbrytning {c} |
| breakfast {n} (first meal of the day) | :: frukost {c} |
| breakfast {v} (to eat the morning meal) | :: äta frukost |
| breakfast cereal {n} (food made from processed grains) | :: flingor, müsli |
| breakneck {adj} (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) | :: halsbrytande |
| break of dawn {n} (daybreak) SEE: daybreak | :: |
| break off {v} (end abruptly) | :: bryta |
| break off {v} (remove a piece by breaking or snapping) | :: bryta av, gå av |
| break out {v} (to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly) | :: bryta sig ut |
| break out {v} (to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition) | :: utbryta |
| breakout {n} (An escape from prison) | :: flykt {c} |
| breakout {n} (An escape from any restrictive or confining situation) | :: flykt {c} |
| breakout {n} (An outbreak) | :: flykt {c} |
| breakout {n} (A breakdown of statistics) | :: utbrytning {c} |
| break room {n} (room for breaks) | :: fikarum {n} |
| break someone's heart {v} (to cause a person to feel grief or sadness) | :: krossa någons hjärta |
| breakthrough {n} (major progress) | :: genombrott |
| break up {v} (intransitive: to disintegrate) | :: splittras |
| break up {v} (to end a relationship) | :: göra slut |
| breakup {n} (breakdown) SEE: breakdown | :: |
| breakup {n} (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division) | :: uppbrott {n} |
| breakwater {n} (construction in or around a harbour) | :: vågbrytare {c} |
| bream {n} (fish of the genus Abramis) | :: braxen {c} |
| bream {n} (Abramis brama) | :: braxen {c} |
| breast {n} (milk-producing organ) | :: bröst {n} |
| breast {n} (chest) | :: bröst {n}, bringa {n} |
| breast {n} (seat of emotions) | :: bröst {n} |
| breast {n} (animal's thorax) | :: bröst {n} |
| breast {n} (choice cut of meat from poultry or other animals) | :: bröst {n} |
| breast augmentation {n} (cosmetic procedure) | :: bröstförstoring {c} |
| breastbone {n} (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) | :: bröstben {n} |
| breast cancer {n} (cancer of the breast) | :: bröstcancer |
| breastfeed {v} (feed a baby milk via the breasts) | :: amma |
| breastfeeding {n} (activity) | :: amning {c} |
| breast implant {n} (medical prosthesis) | :: bröstimplantat {n} |
| breast milk {n} (milk produced by humans) | :: bröstmjölk {c} |
| breastpin {n} (brooch) SEE: brooch | :: |
| breastplate {n} (armor) | :: bröstharnesk {c} |
| breastplate {n} (horse tack) | :: förbygel {c} |
| breast pump {n} (device used to extract breast milk) | :: bröstpump {c} |
| breaststrap {n} (breastplate) SEE: breastplate | :: |
| breaststroke {n} (swimming stroke) | :: bröstsim {n} |
| breaststroke {v} (to swim using this stroke) | :: simma bröstsim |
| breath {n} (act or process of breathing) | :: andning {c} |
| breath {n} (single act of breathing in and out) | :: andetag {n} |
| breath {n} (air expelled from the lungs) | :: utandning {c}, andedräkt |
| breath {n} (rest or pause) | :: andhämtning {c} |
| breathe {v} (to draw air in and out) | :: andas |
| breathe {v} (to exchange gases in similar way) | :: andas |
| breathe {v} (figuratively: to live) | :: andas |
| breathe {v} (to draw into lungs) | :: andas in |
| breathe {v} (to whisper quietly) | :: viska |
| breathe {v} (to stop and catch one's breath) | :: hämta andan, pusta ut |
| breathing {n} (act of respiration) | :: andning {c} |
| breathless {adj} (having difficulty breathing; gasping) | :: andfådd |
| breathlessness {n} (difficult respiration) SEE: shortness of breath | :: |
| breathtaking {adj} (very surprising or shocking) | :: hisnande |
| breech {n} (part of a cannon or other firearm) | :: bakstycke {n} |
| breeches {n} (a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs) | :: knäbyxor |
| breechloader {n} | :: bakladdare {c} |
| breed {v} (to sexually produce offspring) | :: föröka (sig) |
| breed {v} (of animals, to mate) | :: föröka, avla |
| breed {v} (to keep animals and have them reproduce) | :: avla |
| breed {v} (to arrange mating of animals) | :: avla |
| breed {v} (to propagate or grow plants) | :: odla |
| breed {v} (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) | :: uppfostra, uppföda |
| breed {n} (all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies) | :: ras {c}, sort {c} |
| breed {n} (race or lineage) | :: ras {c}, sort {c} |
| breeder {n} ((professional) plant or animal breeder) | :: uppfödare {c} |
| breeder {n} (heterosexual) | :: hetero {n} |
| breeder {n} (type of nuclear reactor) | :: brider {c}, bridreaktor {c} |
| breeding {n} (copulation) SEE: sexual intercourse | :: |
| breeding-ground {n} (place where animals breed) | :: lekplats {c} |
| breeze {n} (a light, gentle wind) | :: bris {c} |
| breeze {v} (blow gently) | :: fläkta |
| breezefly {n} (horsefly) SEE: horsefly | :: |
| Bremen {prop} (city) | :: Bremen |
| brent goose {n} (Small member of the goose family) | :: prutgås {c} |
| Breslau {prop} (Wroclaw) SEE: Wroclaw | :: |
| brethren {n} (the body of members) | :: bröder {p} |
| Breton {n} (person from Brittany) | :: breton {c}, bretagnare {c}, bretonska {f}, bretagniska {f} |
| Breton {n} (the language) | :: bretonska, bretagniska, bretagnska |
| Breton {adj} (pertaining to Brittany) | :: bretonsk, bretagnisk |
| breve {n} (double whole note) | :: brevisnot {c} |
| brevity {n} (the quality of being brief in duration) | :: korthet |
| brew {n} (beer) SEE: beer | :: |
| brew {v} (to make beer) | :: brygga |
| brew {v} | :: brygga |
| brew {n} (something brewed) | :: brygd {c} |
| brew {n} (hill) SEE: hill | :: |
| brew {n} (cup of tea) SEE: cup of tea | :: |
| brewer {n} (someone who brews) | :: bryggare {c} |
| brewery {n} (building where beer is produced) | :: bryggeri {n} |
| brewski {n} (informal: beer) | :: bärs, bira |
| brewsky {n} (slang: a beer) | :: bärs, bira |
| Brexit {prop} (withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU) | :: brexit {n} |
| Brexiteer {n} (someone who supports Brexit) | :: brexitör {c} |
| briar {n} (white heath) | :: trädljung {c} |
| briar {n} (any thorny plant) SEE: thornbush | :: |
| bribe {n} (inducement to dishonesty) | :: muta {c}, dusör |
| bribe {v} (to give a bribe) | :: muta, besticka |
| bribery {n} (making of illegal payment to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions) | :: bestickning {c}, mutning {c} |
| bribery {n} (giving, offering or accepting bribes) | :: bestickning {c}, mutbrott {n} |
| brick {n} (hardened block used for building) | :: tegel {n}, tegelsten {c} |
| brick {n} (a building material) | :: tegel {n} |
| bricklayer {n} (craftsman) | :: murare {c} |
| brick red {n} (colour) | :: tegelröd, tegelrött {n} |
| brick red {adj} (colour) | :: tegelröd |
| bridal couple {n} (bride and bridegroom) | :: brudpar {n} |
| bride {n} (woman in the context of her own wedding) | :: brud {c} |
| bridegroom {n} (bridegroom, groom) | :: brudgum {c} |
| bride price {n} (sum paid to the family of the bride) | :: brudköp {n} |
| bridesmaid {n} (woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony) | :: brudtärna {c} |
| bridesmaid {v} (to act as a bridesmaid (for)) | :: vara brudtärna |
| bridge {n} (construction or natural feature that spans a divide) | :: bro {c} |
| bridge {n} (bony ridge of the nose) | :: näsrot {c} |
| bridge {n} (replacement for teeth) | :: brygga {c}, tandbrygga {c} |
| bridge {n} (nautical) | :: brygga {c} |
| bridge {n} (piece on string instruments) | :: stall {n} |
| bridge {v} (to span as if with a bridge) | :: överbrygga |
| bridge {n} (card game) | :: bridge |
| bridgehead {n} (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) | :: brohuvud {n} |
| Bridget {prop} (female given name) | :: Birgitta, Birgit |
| bridle {v} (to put a bridle on.) | :: betsla |
| bridled tern {n} (Onychoprion anaethetus) | :: tygeltärna {c} |
| bridled titmouse {n} (Baeolophus wollweberi) | :: tygelmes {c} |
| brief {adj} (of short duration) | :: kort |
| briefcase {n} (case used for carrying documents) | :: portfölj {c} |
| briefing {n} (short and concise summary of a situation) | :: summering {c} |
| briefing {n} (presentation of information or instruction) | :: informationsmöte {n} |
| brig {n} (two-masted vessel) | :: brigg {c} |
| brigade {n} (military unit) | :: brigad |
| brigand {n} (bandit) | :: stråtrövare |
| brigantine {n} (square-rigged foremast with main mast rigged fore-and-aft, sailing vessel) | :: brigantin {c} |
| bright {adj} (visually dazzling, luminous, radiant) | :: ljus |
| bright {adj} (intelligent) | :: intelligent, klyftig |
| bright {adj} (vivid) | :: klar, färggrann |
| bright {adj} (happy) | :: glad |
| bright spark {n} (a clever person) | :: ljushuvud {n} |
| brilliant {adj} (shining brightly) | :: lysande, glänsande, gnistrande, strålande |
| brilliant {adj} (of surpassing excellence) | :: mästerlig, virtuosmässig |
| brilliant {adj} (magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)) | :: briljant, lysande, strålande, storslagen |
| brilliant {adj} (highly intelligent) | :: briljant, genialisk, högt begåvad |
| brilliant {n} (cut gemstone) | :: briljant {c} |
| brim {n} (the topmost rim or lip of a container) | :: brädd {c} |
| brim {n} (a projecting rim, especially of a hat) | :: brätte {n} |
| brimful {adj} (filled to overflowing) | :: bräddfull, bräddfylld |
| brimstone {n} (sulfur) SEE: sulfur | :: |
| brimstone {n} (the sulfur of Hell) | :: svavel |
| brimstone {n} (butterfly species) | :: citronfjäril |
| brine {n} (salt water) | :: saltlake {c}, saltlag {c} |
| brine {n} (the sea or ocean) | :: havsvatten {n} |
| bring {v} (to transport toward somebody/somewhere) | :: ta med, bringa, medföra, tillföra |
| bring owls to Athens {v} (to undertake a pointless venture) SEE: carry coals to Newcastle | :: |
| bring to bear {v} (employ to achieve an effect) | :: applicera, tillämpa, ta till |
| bring up {v} (to raise children) | :: uppfostra |
| brinjal {n} (an aubergine) SEE: eggplant | :: |
| brink {n} (edge) | :: kant {c} |
| briny {n} (sea) SEE: sea | :: |
| brioche {n} (type of bun) | :: brioche {c} |
| brisk {adj} (full of liveliness and activity) | :: livlig |
| brisk {adj} (full of spirit of life) | :: livlig, hurtig |
| brisk {adj} (abrupt, sharp in one's manner or tone) | :: brysk |
| brisket {n} (the chest of an animal) | :: bringa {c} |
| brisket {n} (a cut of meat from an animal chest) | :: bringa {c} |
| bristle {n} (stiff or coarse hair) | :: borst {n}, svinborst {n} |
| bristle {n} (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.) | :: borst {n} |
| bristle {v} (to be on one's guard) | :: resa, stå på ända, resa ragg, lystra, skjuta rygg |
| bristly {adj} (covered with bristles) | :: borstig |
| Brit {n} (British person) SEE: Briton | :: |
| Britain {prop} (United Kingdom) SEE: United Kingdom | :: |
| Britain {prop} (Brittany) SEE: Brittany | :: |
| britches {n} (pants) SEE: pants | :: |
| britches {n} (breeches) SEE: breeches | :: |
| British {prop} (citizens or inhabitants of Britain) | :: britt {c}, brittiska {c} |
| British {prop} (the citizens or inhabitants of the UK) | :: britt {c}, brittiska {c} |
| British {prop} (the British English language) | :: brittisk engelska {c} |
| British {adj} (of Britain) | :: brittisk |
| British {adj} (colloquial: of the UK) | :: brittisk |
| British Columbia {prop} (province of Canada) | :: British Columbia {?} |
| British Commonwealth {prop} (Commonwealth of Nations) SEE: Commonwealth of Nations | :: |
| British Empire {prop} (empire) | :: Brittiska imperiet {n} |
| British English {n} (English language as in Britain, especially in England) | :: brittisk engelska |
| British Isles {prop} (group of islands) | :: Brittiska öarna {c-p} |
| British Virgin Islands {prop} (British overseas territory) | :: Brittiska Jungfruöarna |
| Briton {n} (inhabitant of Great Britain) | :: britt {c} |
| Brittany {prop} (region of North West France) | :: Bretagne |
| brittle {n} (confection of caramelized sugar and nuts) | :: krokant {c} |
| bro {n} (a male sibling) SEE: brother | :: |
| broach {n} (spit) SEE: spit | :: |
| broach {n} (series of chisel points) | :: brotsch {c} |
| broach {n} (brooch) SEE: brooch | :: |
| broach {n} (architecture: spire) SEE: spire | :: |
| broad {adj} (wide) SEE: wide | :: |
| broad {adj} (having a specified width) | :: bred |
| broad {adj} (strongly regional) | :: bred |
| broad {n} (colloquial term for a woman or girl) | :: tjej {c} |
| broad {n} (whore) SEE: whore | :: |
| broadband {n} (high-capacity internet connection) | :: bredband {n} |
| broad bean {n} (Vicia faba) | :: bondböna {c} |
| broad-billed sandpiper {n} (Calidris falcinellus) | :: myrsnäppa {c} |
| broadcast {n} (transmission of a radio or television programme) | :: utsändning {c} |
| broadcast {n} (programme transmitted) | :: program {n}, sändning {c} |
| broadcast {v} (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) | :: sända ut, utsända |
| broadcloth {n} (fine smooth-faced woolen cloth) | :: kläde {n} |
| broaden {v} (to make broad) | :: bredda, vidga |
| broaden {v} (to become broad) | :: breddas |
| broad-minded {adj} (having an open mind, tolerant of diversity) | :: vidsynt |
| broadside {n} (one side of a warship) | :: bredsida {c} |
| broadside {n} (printed lyrics) | :: skillingtryck {n} |
| broad-winged hawk {n} (Buteo platypterus) | :: bredvingad vråk {c} |
| brocade {n} (fabric) | :: brokad |
| broccoli {n} (plant Brassica oleracea var. italica) | :: broccoli {c} |
| brochure {n} (booklet of printed informational matter) | :: broschyr |
| broiler {n} (chicken suitable for broiling) | :: broiler {c}, gödkyckling {c} |
| broke {adj} (lacking money; bankrupt) | :: pank |
| brokeback {adj} (derelict) SEE: derelict | :: |
| broken {adj} (fragmented) | :: bruten |
| broken {adj} (having the bone in pieces, fractured) | :: bruten |
| broken {adj} (of a line: dashed) | :: streckad |
| broken {adj} (of skin: split or ruptured) | :: brusten |
| broken {adj} (not working properly) | :: trasig |
| broken {adj} (completely defeated and dispirited) | :: bruten |
| broken {adj} (poorly spoken) | :: bruten |
| broken {adj} (having no money) | :: pank |
| broken {adj} (disconnected) | :: bruten |
| broken {adj} (of software: badly designed or implemented) | :: trasig |
| broken {adj} (meteorology: five eighths to seven eighths obscured by clouds) | :: mulen |
| broken heart {n} (feeling of grief or loss) | :: brustet hjärta {n} |
| broker {n} (mediator between a buyer and seller) | :: mäklare {c} |
| brokerage {n} (company whose business is to act as a broker) | :: mäklare {c}, mäklarfirma {c} |
| brokerage {n} (the commission paid to a broker) | :: courtage {n}, kurtage {n} |
| brome {n} (grass of Bromus) | :: losta |
| bromide {n} (chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element) | :: bromid {c} |
| bromide {n} (platitude) SEE: platitude | :: |
| bromine {n} (nonmetallic chemical element) | :: brom {n} |
| bronchitis {n} (inflammation of the lungs) | :: bronkit {c} |
| bronchoscopy {n} (technique) | :: bronkoskopi {c} |
| bronchus {n} (Either or two branches of the trachea) | :: bronk {c} |
| Bronx cheer {n} (synonym of raspberry) SEE: raspberry | :: |
| bronze {v} (to tan) SEE: tan | :: |
| bronze {n} (alloy) | :: brons {c} {n} |
| bronze {n} (colour) | :: bronsfärg |
| bronze {adj} (having a bronze colour) | :: bronsfärgad |
| bronze {n} (bronze medal) SEE: bronze medal | :: |
| Bronze Age {prop} (archaeology) | :: Bronsåldern {c} |
| bronze medal {n} (medal made of, or having the colour of, bronze) | :: bronsmedalj {c} |
| bronze medalist {n} (bronze medal winner) | :: bronsmedaljör {c} |
| brooch {n} (jewellery with pin) | :: brosch |
| brood {n} (the young of certain animals) | :: kull {c} |
| brood {n} (the children in one family) | :: barnaskara {c} |
| brood {v} (to keep an egg warm) | :: ruva |
| brood {v} (to protect) | :: ruva |
| brood {v} (to dwell upon moodily and at length) | :: ruva (intensively), älta (moodily and obsessively) |
| brook {n} (a small stream) | :: bäck {c} |
| brook {v} (tolerate) SEE: tolerate | :: |
| brook trout {n} (Salvelinus fontinalis) | :: bäckröding {c} |
| broom {n} (domestic utensil) | :: kvast {c}, borste {c} |
| broom {n} (sweeper in curling) | :: borste {c} |
| broom {n} (Fabaceae shrub) | :: ginst {c} (Genista) |
| broom {v} (to sweep) | :: sopa, borsta |
| bros before hoes {proverb} (a man should prioritize his male friends over his girlfriend or wife) | :: bröder går före brudar |
| broth {n} (water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled) | :: buljong, spad {n} |
| brothel {n} (house of prostitution) | :: bordell {c}, glädjehus, horhus |
| brother {n} (male sibling) | :: bror {c}, broder {c} , brorsa {c} |
| brother {n} (male having parents in common) | :: bror {c}, broder {c} |
| brother {n} (male fellow member of a religious community) | :: broder {c} |
| brotherhood {n} (state of being brothers or a brother) | :: broderskap |
| brotherhood-in-arms {n} (quality) | :: vapenbrödraskap {n} |
| brother-in-arms {n} (fellow combatant or soldier) | :: vapenbroder, bundsförvant {c} |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's husband's brother) | :: svåger {c} |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's wife's brother) | :: svåger {c} |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's sister's husband) | :: svåger {c} |
| brotherly {adj} (of or characteristic of brothers) | :: broderlig |
| brow {n} (forehead) SEE: forehead | :: |
| brow {n} (eyebrow) SEE: eyebrow | :: |
| browbeat {v} (to bully in an intimidating way) | :: köra med, tyrannisera |
| brown {n} (colour) | :: brun |
| brown {adj} (having a brown colour) | :: brun |
| brown {v} (to cook until brown) | :: bryna |
| brown {v} (to tan) SEE: tan | :: |
| Brown {prop} (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion) | :: Brun, Bruun |
| brown bear {n} (Ursus arctos) | :: brunbjörn {c} |
| brown bullhead {n} (Ameiurus nebulosus) | :: dvärgmal {c} |
| brown coal {n} (lignite) SEE: lignite | :: |
| brown dwarf {n} (starlike object) | :: brun dvärg |
| brown falcon {n} | :: brunfalk |
| brown goods {n} (consumer electronics) | :: hemelektronik {c}, brunvaror {p} |
| brown-haired {adj} (having brown hair) | :: brunhårig |
| brown hare {n} (brown hare) SEE: European hare | :: |
| Brownian motion {n} (random motion of particles suspended in a fluid) | :: brownsk rörelse {c} |
| brownie {n} (mythical creature) | :: tomte |
| brownish {adj} (of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown) | :: brunaktig |
| brownnose {v} (fawn) SEE: fawn | :: |
| brown rat {n} (Rattus norvegicus) | :: brunråtta {c} |
| brown shrike {n} (Lanius cristatus) | :: brun törnskata {c} |
| brown sugar {n} (partially refined sugar) | :: farinsocker {n}, farin {c} |
| brown sugar {n} (refined sugar with molasses) | :: farinsocker {n}, farin {c} |
| brown trout {n} (species of freshwater trout) | :: öring |
| browse {v} (scan, casually look through) | :: bläddra |
| browse {v} (move about while eating parts of plants) | :: beta |
| browser {n} (web browser) SEE: web browser | :: |
| brr {interj} (expression to show shivering) | :: brr |
| brubru {n} (Nilaus afer) | :: brubru |
| Bruges {prop} (city in Belgium) | :: Brygge |
| bruise {n} (medical: mark on the skin) | :: blåmärke {n} |
| bruise {n} (mark on fruit or vegetable) | :: fläck {c} |
| Brumaire {prop} (the second month of the French Republican Calendar) | :: brumaire {c}, töckenmånad {c} |
| brumal {adj} (winter-like) | :: vintrig |
| brumous {adj} (wintry) SEE: wintry | :: |
| brunch {n} (a meal) | :: brunch {c}, frunch {c} |
| Brunei {prop} (a country in Southeast Asia) | :: Brunei |
| brunette {adj} (having brown or black hair) | :: brunett |
| brunette {n} (a person, especially female, with brown or black hair) | :: brunett {c} |
| brunion {n} (nectarine) SEE: nectarine | :: |
| Bruno {prop} (male given name) | :: Bruno {c} |
| brunost {n} (cheese) | :: mesost |
| Brunswick {prop} (Braunschweig, Germany) | :: Braunschweig {n} |
| brush {n} (implement) | :: borste {c}, pensel {c} |
| brush {v} (to clean (with a brush)) | :: borsta |
| brusque {adj} (rudely abrupt, unfriendly) | :: brysk |
| Brusselian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to, Brussels) | :: brysselsk |
| Brusselian {n} (someone from Brussels) | :: brysslare {c} , brysselska {c} |
| Brussels {prop} (capital of Belgium) | :: Bryssel {n} |
| Brussels sprout {n} (vegetable) | :: brysselkål {c}, rosenkål {c} |
| brutal {adj} (savagely violent) | :: brutal |
| brutality {n} (a state of being brutal) | :: brutalitet {c} |
| brute {n} (animal destitute of human reason) | :: odjur {n} |
| brute {n} (brutal person) | :: odjur {n}, sälle {c} |
| brutish {adj} (Bestial; lacking human sensibility) | :: rå, bestialisk, brutal, djurisk |
| bryophyte {n} (member of the Bryophyta; moss, liverwort, or hornwort) | :: mossa |
| B-sharp {n} (a tone one semitone higher than a B, denoted B♯) | :: hiss |
| bête noire {n} (an anathema) | :: vildsvin {n}, fasa {c}, avsky {c} |
| BTTS {phrase} (Initialism for ”both teams to score”.) | :: BLGM |
| bubble {n} (Greek) SEE: Greek | :: |
| bubble {n} (spherically contained volume of air or other gas) | :: bubbla {c}, såpbubbla {c} |
| bubble {n} (period of intense speculation in a market) | :: bubbla {c} |
| bubble {v} (to rise up in bubbles) | :: bubbla |
| bubble {n} (someone who has been fooled) SEE: dupe | :: |
| bubble {v} (to cry, weep) SEE: weep | :: |
| bubble {v} (to cheat, delude) SEE: cheat | :: |
| bubble level {n} (tool) SEE: spirit level | :: |
| bubbly {adj} (cheerful, lively) | :: sprudlande |
| bubbly {n} (term for champagne which is derived from its bubbles) | :: bubbel {n} |
| bubonic plague {n} (disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis) | :: böldpest {c} |
| buccaneer {n} (a group of seamen) | :: buckanjär {c} |
| buccaneer {n} (pirate) | :: buckanjär {c}, sjörövare {c}, pirat {c} |
| Bucharest {prop} (The capital of Romania) | :: Bukarest {?} |
| buck {n} (ram) SEE: ram | :: |
| buck {n} (male deer, goat, etc.) | :: bock |
| buck {n} (informal: dollar) | :: dollar |
| buck {v} (of a horse: to leap upward arching its back, kicking out hind legs) | :: slå bakut |
| bucket {n} (container) | :: hink {c}, spann {c}, ämbar {n} |
| bucket {n} (amount held in this container) | :: hink {c} |
| bucket {n} (part of piece of machinery) | :: skopa {c} |
| bucket {n} (basketball: basket) | :: korg {c} |
| bucket {v} (rain heavily) | :: ösa, ösregna |
| bucket list {n} (a list of things to accomplish before one's death) | :: bucketlist {c} |
| Buckingham Palace {prop} (the official London residence of the British monarch) | :: Buckingham Palace |
| buckle {n} (belt clasp) | :: spänne {n}, bältesspänne {n} |
| buckle up {v} (to fasten one's seat belt or safety belt) | :: spänna fast sig, använda/fästa säkerhetsbälte {n} |
| buckling {n} (smoked herring) | :: böckling {c} |
| buckram {n} (cloth) | :: klot {n} |
| bucksaw {n} (saw in a metal frame) SEE: bow saw | :: |
| buck's party {n} (bachelor party) SEE: bachelor party | :: |
| buckthorn {n} (plant of the genus Rhamnus) | :: getapel {c} |
| buckthorn {n} (Rhamnus cathartica) | :: getapel {c}, vägtorn {c} |
| buckwheat {n} (Fagopyrum esculentum plant) | :: bovete {n} |
| buckwheat {n} (fruit of this plant as cereal) | :: bovete {n} |
| bucolic {adj} (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) | :: rustik, lantlig, bukolisk |
| bucolic {adj} (pertaining to herdsmen or peasants) | :: bukolisk, lantlig, herde-, bond-, bondsk |
| bucolic {n} (a pastoral poem) | :: herdedikt |
| bucolic {n} (a rustic, peasant) | :: lantbo, bonde |
| bud {n} (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) | :: knopp {c} |
| bud {v} (to form buds) | :: knoppa |
| bud {v} (to reproduce by splitting off buds) | :: delning |
| Budapest {prop} (the capital city of Hungary) | :: Budapest |
| Buddha {prop} (spiritual and philosophical teacher) | :: Buddha {c} |
| Buddhism {n} (religion and philosophy) | :: buddhism {c}, buddism {c} |
| Buddhist {adj} (of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism) | :: buddhistisk |
| Buddhist {n} (practitioner of Buddhism) | :: buddhist |
| buddy {n} (friend or casual acquaintance) | :: kompis {c}, polare {c} |
| budgerigar {n} (species of parakeet) | :: undulat {c} |
| budget {n} (the amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or time-frame) | :: budget {c} |
| budget {n} (itemized summary of intended expenditure) | :: budget {c} |
| budget {adj} (of, or relating to a budget) | :: compounds with budget {c} |
| budget {adj} (appropriate to a restricted budget) | :: compounds with budget {c} |
| budget {v} (construct or draw up a budget) | :: budgetera |
| budget {v} (allow for in a budget) | :: budgetera |
| budget {v} (plan for the use of in a budget) | :: budgetera |
| Buenos Aires {prop} (capital of Argentina) | :: Buenos Aires {n} |
| buff {n} (a person who is very interested in a particular subject) | :: fantast {c}, entusiast {c} |
| buff {n} (A brownish yellow colour) | :: kyllerfärg {c} |
| buff {v} (To polish and make shiny) | :: polera |
| buffalo {n} (Old World mammals) | :: buffel {c} |
| buffalo {n} (North American bison) | :: bisonoxe {c} |
| buff-breasted sandpiper {n} (Calidris subruficollis) | :: prärielöpare {c} |
| buffer {n} (portion of memory in computing) | :: buffert {c}, buffertminne |
| buffer {n} (solution to stabilize pH) | :: buffert {c}, buffertlösning {c} |
| buffered {adj} (chemistry: dissolved in a buffer solution) | :: buffrad |
| buffer solution {n} (buffer solution) | :: buffertlösning |
| buffet {n} (counter or sideboard) | :: buffé {c} |
| buffet {n} (food, see also: smorgasbord) | :: buffé {c} |
| bufflehead {n} (a duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola) | :: buffelhuvud {c} |
| buffoon {n} (one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | :: pajas, fjant {c} |
| bug {n} (an insect of the order Hemiptera) | :: insekt {c} |
| bug {n} (a colloquial name for insect) | :: kryp {n} |
| bug {n} (problem that needs fixing (especially in computing)) | :: bugg {c} |
| bug {n} (contagious illness, bacteria, virus) | :: bacill {c} |
| bug {v} (to install an electronic listening device in) | :: bugga |
| bugger {n} (heretic) SEE: heretic | :: |
| bugger {interj} (slang: expressing annoyance) | :: fan också, helvete, skit |
| bugger factor {n} (Murphy's law) SEE: Murphy's law | :: |
| bugger off {interj} (go away) SEE: get lost | :: |
| buggery {n} (anal sex) SEE: anal sex | :: |
| buggy {n} (shopping cart) SEE: shopping cart | :: |
| bughouse chess {n} (variant of chess) | :: chock |
| Buginese {prop} (language) | :: buginesiska {c} |
| bugle {n} (music: simple brass instrument) | :: horn {n} |
| bugle {n} (plant of the genus Ajuga) | :: suga {c} |
| bugler {n} (someone who plays the bugle) | :: hornblåsare |
| build {v} ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts) | :: anlägga, bygga, förfärdiga, uppföra, uppresa, upprätta |
| build {v} ((transitive) to develop or give form to according to a plan or process) | :: bygga, forma, skapa |
| build {v} ((transitive) to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to) | :: bygga upp, hopa, stegra, öka |
| build {v} ((transitive) to establish a basis for) | :: bygga, grunda |
| build {v} ((intransitive) to form by combining materials or parts) | :: anläggas, byggas, förfärdigas, uppföras, uppresas, upprättas |
| build {v} ((intransitive) to develop in magnitude or extent) | :: byggas upp, hopa sig, stegras, ökas |
| build {n} (physique) | :: byggnad {c}, kroppsbyggnad {c} |
| build {n} (any version of a software during its development) | :: build {c}, bygge {n} |
| builder {n} (a bodybuilder) SEE: bodybuilder | :: |
| building {n} (act or process of building) | :: byggande {n}, bygge {n}, byggnation {c}, byggnadsverksamhet {c} |
| building {n} (closed structure with walls and a roof) | :: byggnad {c}, bygge {n}, hus {n} |
| building site {n} (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) | :: anlägg {n}, bygge {n}, byggarbetsplats {c}, nybygge {n} |
| building site {n} (archeology: site of a former structure) | :: lokal {c}, boplats {c}, husgrund {c} |
| building site {n} (messy, disorganized area) | :: röra |
| building worker {n} (construction worker) SEE: construction worker | :: |
| built-in {adj} (constructed as a non-detachable part) | :: inbyggd |
| Bukhara {prop} (city in Uzbekistan) | :: Buchara |
| bukkake {n} (act of multiple people ejaculating on someone) | :: bukkake {c} |
| bulb {n} (bulb-shaped root) | :: lök {c} |
| bulb {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb | :: |
| Bulgaria {prop} (country) | :: Bulgarien |
| Bulgarian {adj} (relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language) | :: bulgarisk |
| Bulgarian {n} (native of Bulgaria) | :: bulgar, bulgariska |
| Bulgarian {n} (language) | :: bulgariska |
| Bulgarian Hound {n} (Bulgarian Hound) | :: bulgarisk stövare {n} |
| bulge {n} (Something sticking out) | :: bula {c}, knöl {c}, utbuktning {c} |
| bulgur {n} (Middle Eastern food) | :: bulgur {c} |
| bulimia {n} (eating disorder) | :: bulimi |
| bulimia nervosa {n} (eating disorder) SEE: bulimia | :: |
| bulk {n} (volume) | :: massa {c} |
| bulk {n} (major part of something) | :: lejonpart {c}, merpart {c} |
| bulk {adj} (large in size, mass, or volume) | :: massiv, omfångsrik, voluminös |
| bulk {n} (dietary fibre) SEE: dietary fibre | :: |
| bulkhead {n} (partition on ship) | :: skott |
| bulkhead {n} (partition on air- or spacecraft) | :: skott |
| bulky refuse {n} (bulky waste) SEE: bulky waste | :: |
| bulky waste {n} (a waste type that is too large to be accepted by the regular waste collection) | :: grovavfall {n}, grovsopor {c-p} |
| bull {n} (uncastrated adult male bovine) | :: tjur {c} |
| bull {n} (adult male animal) | :: hane {c}, tjur {c} |
| bull {n} (finance: investor who buys in anticipation of a rise in prices) | :: haussespekulant {c} |
| bull {n} (slang: policeman) | :: snut {c} |
| bull {adj} (of a market in which prices are rising) | :: hausse {c} |
| bull {v} (polish boots to a high shine) | :: putsa, finputsa |
| bull {n} (document) | :: bulla {c} |
| bull {n} (seal) | :: sigill |
| bull {n} (nonsense) | :: strunt {n}, snack {n}, nonsens |
| bullace {n} (European plum) SEE: damson | :: |
| bull bar {n} (a device fitted to the front of a vehicle) | :: kofångare {c} |
| bullcrap {n} (bullshit) SEE: bullshit | :: |
| bulldog {n} (breed of dog) | :: bulldogg {c} |
| bull elephant {n} (bull elephant, male elephant) | :: elefanthane {c}, elefanthanne {c} |
| bullet {n} (projectile) | :: kula {c} |
| bullet hole {n} (hole) | :: kulhål {n} |
| bulletin board {n} (a board) | :: anslagstavla {c} |
| bulletproof {adj} (capable of withstanding a bullet) | :: skottsäker |
| bullet train {n} (Japanese high-speed train) | :: shinkansen |
| bull fiddle {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| bullfight {n} (public spectacle) | :: tjurfäktning {c} |
| bullfighter {n} (a toreador or matador) | :: tjurfäktare {c} |
| bullfighting {n} (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull) | :: tjurfäktning {c} |
| bullfinch {n} (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) | :: domherre {c} |
| bullfrog {n} (bullfrog) | :: oxgroda {c} |
| bullhead {n} (Ameiurus nebulosus) | :: dvärgmal |
| bullhead {n} (Europe, Asia: the European bullhead) SEE: European bullhead | :: |
| bullion {n} (bulk quantity of precious metal) | :: tacka {c} |
| bull market {n} (state of stock market) | :: tjurmarknad |
| bullock {n} (a castrated bull; an ox) | :: oxe , stut |
| bull ring {n} (bullring) SEE: bullring | :: |
| bullring {n} (area in which a bullfight is takes place) | :: tjurfäktningsarena {c} |
| bull run {n} (event in which people run with bulls in the streets) | :: tjurrusning {c} |
| bullseye {n} (peppermint flavoured sweet) | :: polkagris {c} |
| bullseye {interj} (response when someone makes an accurate statement) | :: mitt i prick |
| bullshit {n} (deceitful statements, etc) | :: skitsnack, strunt |
| bullshit {n} (card game) | :: bluffstopp |
| bullshit {v} (to have casual conversation with no real point) | :: prata strunt, snacka skit |
| bullshit {interj} (expression of disbelief) | :: skit |
| bullwhip {n} (whip) | :: oxpiska {c} |
| bully {n} (pimp) SEE: pimp | :: |
| bully {n} (person who is cruel to others) | :: mobbare {c} |
| bully {v} (to intimidate) | :: mobba |
| bullying {n} (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) | :: mobbning {c} |
| bulwark {n} (defensive wall or rampart) | :: bålverk {n} |
| bulwark {n} (breakwater) SEE: breakwater | :: |
| bum {n} (informal: buttocks or anus) | :: häck, rumpa, stjärt {c} |
| bum {n} (anus specifically) | :: anus {n}, rövhål {n} |
| bum {n} (hobo) | :: lodare, lodis, luffare, uteliggare {c} |
| bum bag {n} (small pouch attached to a belt) SEE: fanny pack | :: |
| bumblebee {n} (genus of bee) | :: humla {c} |
| bumfluff {n} ( sparse beard growth of an adolescent) | :: moppefjun |
| bumfodder {n} (toilet paper) SEE: toilet paper | :: |
| bumfuck {n} (sodomy) SEE: sodomy | :: |
| bumfuck {v} (sodomize) SEE: assfuck | :: |
| bumfuck {n} (assfuck) SEE: assfuck | :: |
| bumfuck {n} (an isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)) | :: byhåla {c}, håla {c}, avkrok {c} |
| bumper {n} (impact absorber on a vehicle) | :: kofångare, stötfångare |
| bumper car {n} (vehicle) | :: radiobil {c} |
| bumpy {adj} (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) | :: skakig {c} |
| bun {n} (newbie) SEE: newbie | :: |
| bun {n} (A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced) | :: bulle {c} |
| bunch {n} (a cluster of grapes) | :: klase {c} |
| bunchberry {n} (plant) | :: hönsbär {n} |
| bunchberry {n} (fruit) | :: hönsbär {n} |
| bundle {n} (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) | :: bunt {c}, packe {c}, paket {n}, knippe {n}, knyte {n} |
| bundle {n} (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) | :: bunt {c}, paket {n} |
| bundle {n} (biology: cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres) | :: knippe {n} |
| bundle {n} (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) | :: bunt {c} |
| bundle {v} (to tie or wrap together) | :: bunta |
| bundle {v} (to dress someone warmly) | :: bylta |
| bundle {v} (computing: to sell hardware and software as single product) | :: bundla |
| bung {n} (bribe) SEE: bribe | :: |
| bung {n} (stopper) | :: kork {c} |
| bungee {n} (elastic strap for securing luggage) | :: snodd {c}, stropp {c} |
| bungee cord {n} (elastic strap with hooks) SEE: bungee | :: |
| bungle {v} (to botch up, bumble or incompetently perform a task) | :: fumla, klåpa |
| bunion {n} (bump on the big toe) | :: liktorn |
| bunk {n} (built-in bed on board a ship) | :: koj {c} |
| bunk {v} (to fail to attend school without permission) | :: skolka |
| bunk bed {n} (two or more beds fixed on top of one another) | :: våningssäng {c} |
| bunkbed {n} (bunk bed) SEE: bunk bed | :: |
| bunker {n} (hardened shelter) | :: bunker {c} |
| bunker {n} (large container for storing coal) | :: bunker {c} |
| bunker {n} (container for storing coal or fuel oil for a ship's engine) | :: bunker {c} |
| bunker {v} (to load a vessel with oil or coal) | :: bunkra |
| bunny hug {n} (hoodie) SEE: hoodie | :: |
| Bunsen burner {n} (small laboratory gas burner) | :: bunsenbrännare |
| buoy {n} (moored float) | :: boj {c} |
| buoy {n} (life preserver) SEE: life preserver | :: |
| buoyance {n} (buoyancy) SEE: buoyancy | :: |
| buoyancy {n} (physics: upward force on an immersed body) | :: flytkraft {c} |
| buoyancy {n} (ability to stay afloat) | :: flytförmåga {c} |
| buoyant {adj} (able to float) | :: flytande |
| buoyant {adj} (lighthearted and lively) | :: nyter, yster |
| bupkis {n} (absolutely nothing) | :: inte ett skvatt |
| bupleurum {n} (plant of the genus Bupleurum) | :: harörter {c} |
| bur {n} (prickly husk) SEE: burr | :: |
| burbot {n} (a freshwater fish: Lota lota) | :: lake {c} |
| burden {n} (heavy load) | :: börda, belastning |
| burden {n} (responsibility, onus) | :: plikt |
| burden {n} (cause of worry) | :: börda, belastning |
| burden {v} (encumber) | :: belasta |
| burdock {n} (any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium) | :: kardborre {c} |
| bureau {n} (office (room)) | :: byrå {c} |
| bureau {n} (chest of drawers for clothes) | :: byrå {c} |
| bureaucracy {n} (system of administration) | :: byråkrati {c} |
| bureaucracy {n} (excessive red tape) | :: byråkrati {c} |
| bureaucrat {n} (An official in a bureaucracy) | :: byråkrat {c} |
| bureau de change {n} (a place where foreign currency can be exchanged) | :: växelkontor {n}, växlingskontor {n} |
| Burgas {prop} (city in Bulgaria) | :: Burgas |
| burgeon {n} (bud, sprout, shoot) | :: knopp {c} |
| burgeon {v} (to grow or expand) | :: spira |
| burgeon {v} (of plants, to bloom, bud) | :: knoppas, spira |
| burgeoning {adj} (that buds, grows or expands) | :: spirande |
| burger {n} (informal: hamburger) | :: burgare {c} |
| -burger {suffix} (suffix used to make names for hamburger-like dishes) | :: -burgare {c} |
| burglar {n} | :: inbrottstjuv {c} |
| burglar alarm {n} (warning device) | :: tjuvlarm {n} |
| burglary {n} (the crime of breaking into) | :: inbrott {n} |
| burgrave {n} (governor) | :: borggreve {c} |
| Burgundy {prop} (region) | :: Burgund {n}, Bourgogne |
| Burgundy {n} (wine) | :: bourgogne, bourgognevin |
| burial {n} (interment) | :: begravning {c} |
| burial chamber {n} (chamber used to bury the dead) | :: gravkammare {c} |
| burka {n} (female garment that covers the whole body) | :: burka {c} |
| Burkina Faso {prop} (country) | :: Burkina Faso |
| burl {n} (tree growth) | :: vril {c} |
| burlap {n} (strong cloth) | :: säckväv {c}, hessian |
| burly {adj} (well-built) | :: bastant |
| Burma {prop} (Southeast Asian country (former name), see also: Myanmar) | :: Burma |
| Burmese {prop} (language) | :: burmesiska {c} |
| burn {n} (physical injury) | :: brännskada, brännmärke |
| burn {n} (act of burning something) | :: förbränning {c} |
| burn {v} (to cause to be consumed by fire) | :: bränna |
| burn {v} (to be consumed by fire) | :: brinna |
| burn {v} (to become overheated) | :: bränna |
| burn {v} (to injure with heat or chemicals) | :: bränna, skålla |
| burn {v} (to feel hot due to embarrassment) | :: brinna |
| burn {v} (computing: to write data) | :: bränna |
| burn {n} (stream, see also: stream) | :: bäck {c}, ström {c}, å {c} |
| burn {n} (vegetable disease) SEE: brand | :: |
| burn {v} (to cauterize) SEE: cauterize | :: |
| burner {n} (computing: device that allows data or music to be stored on a CD) | :: brännare {c} |
| burning {adj} (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) | :: brännhet, brännande |
| burning bush {n} (Euonymus in general) SEE: spindle | :: |
| burning bush {n} (Dictamnus albus) SEE: gas plant | :: |
| burnish {v} (to make smooth or shiny by rubbing) | :: polera, blankskura, göra blank |
| burn one's bridges {v} (burn one's bridges) | :: bränna sina broar, riva alla broar, bränna sina skepp, bränna alla broar |
| burn out {v} (to extinguish due to lack of fuel) | :: falna, brinna ut |
| burnt {adj} (carbonized) | :: bränd |
| burnt {adj} (sun-burned) | :: solbränd {c} |
| burn the midnight oil {v} (work through the night) | :: dygna, låta flitens lampa lysa |
| buro {n} (office) | :: byrå {c} |
| buro {n} (chest of drawers for clothes) | :: byrå {c} |
| burp {n} (a softer belch) | :: rap {c}, rapning {c} |
| burp {v} (to emit a burp) | :: rapa |
| burqa {n} (burka) SEE: burka | :: |
| burr {n} (seed pod with sharp features) | :: kardborre {c} |
| burr {n} (material left on an edge after cutting) | :: grad {c} |
| burr {n} (mispronouncion of "r") | :: tungrots-r, skorrning {c} |
| burr {v} (to pronounce "r") | :: skorra |
| bur-reed {n} (a marsh plant) | :: igenknopps |
| burrow {n} (a tunnel or hole) | :: gryt {n}, jordkula {c}, håla {c} |
| burst {v} (to break from internal pressure) | :: brista, spricka, brisera |
| burst {v} (to cause to burst) | :: spräcka |
| burst {n} (instance or act of bursting) | :: skur {c}, salva {c}, omgång {c} |
| Burundi {prop} (a country in Eastern Africa) | :: Burundi |
| Burundian {n} (person from Burundi) | :: burundier {c} |
| Burundian {adj} (pertaining to Burundi) | :: burundisk |
| Burushaski {prop} | :: boroshaski {c} |
| bury {v} (inter a corpse in a grave or tomb) | :: begrava |
| bury {v} (place in the ground) | :: begrava, gräva ner/gräva ned |
| bury {v} (hide or conceal as if by covering with earth) | :: begrava, gömma |
| bury {v} (to put an end to; to abandon) | :: glömma |
| bury the hatchet {v} (to stop fighting or arguing) | :: begrava stridsyxan |
| bus {n} (medical slang: ambulance) SEE: ambulance | :: |
| bus {n} (vehicle) | :: buss {c} |
| bus {n} (electrical conductor) | :: buss {c} |
| busboy {n} (assistant waiter; one who clears plates from and cleans tables) | :: diskplockare |
| bus driver {n} (driver of a bus) | :: busschaufför {c} |
| bush {n} (category of woody plant) | :: buske {c} |
| bush {n} (pubic hair) | :: buske {c} |
| bush {n} (remote undeveloped and uncultivated rural area) | :: bush |
| bushed {adj} (very tired; exhausted) | :: förbuskad |
| bushel {n} (dry measure) | :: skäppa |
| bushing {n} (mechanical engineering: type of bearing to reduce friction) | :: bussning {c} |
| Bushism {prop} (political philosophy) | :: bushism |
| bushmaster {n} (pit viper) | :: buskmästare {c} |
| business {n} (commercial enterprise or establishment) | :: affärer {c-p} |
| business {n} (occupation, work or trade of a person) | :: bransch {c} |
| business {n} (commercial, industrial or professional activity) | :: företag {n}, affär {c}, verksamhet {c} |
| business {n} (management of commercial enterprises) | :: verksamhet {c} |
| business {n} (something involving one personally) | :: angelägenhet {c}, affär {c}, sak {c} |
| business {n} (matters that come before a body for deliberation or action) | :: ärende {n}, sak {c} |
| business {n} (business class) | :: affärsklass {c} |
| business administration {n} (course of study) | :: företagsekonomi {c} |
| business before pleasure {proverb} (discharging one's obligations should come before one's own gratification) | :: nytta före nöje, plikten först, nöjet sedan |
| business card {n} (small card) | :: visitkort {n} |
| business class {n} (class of travelling) | :: business class |
| business cycle {n} (economic fluctuation) | :: konjunktur {c} |
| business idea {n} | :: affärsidé {c} |
| businessman {n} (a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution) | :: affärsman {c} |
| business plan {n} (summary) | :: affärsplan {c}, affärsplan {c} |
| business suit {n} (formal outfit) | :: kostym {c} |
| business trip {n} (business trip) | :: tjänsteresa {c}, affärsresa {c} |
| businesswoman {n} (woman of business) | :: affärskvinna {c} |
| busk {v} (nautical: to tack) SEE: tack | :: |
| busk {v} (to solicit money by entertaining the public) | :: underhålla på gatan |
| busker {n} (street performer) | :: gatuunderhållare {c} |
| bus route {n} (set route of bus service) | :: busslinje |
| bus shelter {n} (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) | :: busskur {c}, väntkur {c}, hållplatsskydd {n}, väderskydd {n} |
| bus station {n} (major bus stop, one that serves as a transfer point between a large number of routes) | :: busstation {c}, bussterminal {c} |
| bus stop {n} (a stop for public transport buses) | :: busshållplats {c} |
| bust {n} (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) | :: byst {c} |
| bust {n} (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) | :: byst {c} |
| bust {v} ((slang) to arrest for a crime) | :: arrestera, haffa |
| bust {v} ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) | :: ertappa |
| bustard {n} (any of several birds of the family Otididae) | :: trapp {c} |
| busty {adj} (having large breasts) | :: storbystad |
| busy {adj} (crowded with business or activities) | :: livlig, (traffic) livligt trafikerad |
| busy {adj} (doing a great deal) | :: upptagen, jäktig, flitig |
| busy {adj} (engaged) | :: upptagen |
| busy as a bee {adj} (working constantly) | :: flitig som en myra, flitig som ett bi |
| busy work {n} (activity performed for occupying time) | :: tidsslöseri {n} |
| but {conj} (rather) | :: utan |
| but {conj} (although) | :: men, fast |
| but {conj} (except) | :: förutom, utom |
| butane {n} (the organic compound) | :: butan |
| butanol {n} (alcohol of butane) | :: butanol {c} |
| butanone {n} (the simple aliphatic ketone: CH3CH2COCH3) | :: butanon {c} |
| butch {adj} (of a man) | :: manlig, macho, manhaftig |
| butch {n} (masculine lesbian) | :: truckflata {c}, butchflata {c} |
| butcher {n} (a person who prepares and sells meat) | :: slaktare {c}, styckare {c}, charkuterist {c} (the salesman) |
| butcher {n} (a brutal or indiscriminate killer) | :: slaktare {c} |
| butcher {v} (To slaughter animals and prepare meat for market) | :: slakta, stycka |
| butcher {v} (to kill brutally) | :: slakta |
| butchery {n} (abattoir) SEE: abattoir | :: |
| butt {n} (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) | :: kolv {c} |
| butt {n} (buttocks) | :: bak {c}, ända {c}, stjärt {c}, rumpa {c} , röv {c} |
| butt {n} (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) | :: fimp {c}, stump {c} |
| butt {v} ((transitive) to strike bluntly) | :: stöta, stånga |
| butt {n} ((obsolete or dialectal in English) hassock) SEE: hassock | :: |
| butt chin {n} (cleft chin) SEE: cleft chin | :: |
| butt crack {n} (groove between buttocks) | :: crena ani, analfåra {c}, stjärtskåra {c} |
| buttcrack {n} (butt crack) SEE: butt crack | :: |
| butter {n} (soft foodstuff made from milk) | :: smör {n} |
| butter {n} (other foodstuffs like butter) | :: smör {n} |
| butter {v} (to spread butter on, see also: spread; butter) | :: bre, breda |
| butterbur {n} (herb) | :: pestskråp {c} |
| buttercup {n} (flower of the genus Narcissus) SEE: daffodil | :: |
| buttercup {n} (herb of the genus Ranunculus) | :: smörblomma {c} |
| butter dish {n} (specialised dish in which butter is served) | :: smörask {c} |
| butterfly {n} (insect) | :: fjäril {c}, dagfjäril {c} |
| butterfly {n} (swimming stroke) SEE: butterfly stroke | :: |
| butterfly effect {n} | :: fjärilseffekten |
| butterfly nut {n} (butterfly nut) SEE: wing nut | :: |
| butterfly stroke {n} (swimming stroke) | :: fjärilsim {n} |
| buttermilk {n} (traditional buttermilk) | :: kärnmjölk {c} |
| butternut {n} (butternut squash) SEE: butternut squash | :: |
| butternut squash {n} (Cucurbita moschata cultivar) | :: butternutpumpa {c} |
| butter up {v} (to flatter) | :: smickra |
| butterwort {n} (plant of the genus Pinguicula) | :: tätört {c} |
| buttfuck {n} (sodomy) SEE: sodomy | :: |
| buttfuck {v} (sodomize) SEE: assfuck | :: |
| butthole {n} (anus) SEE: anus | :: |
| butt in {v} (to join conversation when not welcome) | :: lägga sig i |
| butt-naked {adj} (naked) SEE: naked | :: |
| buttock {n} (each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body) | :: skinka |
| button {n} (knob or small disc serving as a fastener) | :: knapp {c} |
| button {n} (a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger) | :: knapp {c} |
| button {n} (in computer software, an on-screen control that can be selected) | :: knapp {c} |
| button {n} (a badge worn on clothes) | :: pin {n} |
| button {n} (botany: a bud) | :: knopp {c} |
| button {n} (curling: bullseye) | :: knapp {c} |
| button {n} (poker: dealer's button) | :: knapp {c} |
| buttonhole {n} (hole for a button) | :: knapphål {n} |
| buttonhole {n} (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) | :: knapphålsblomma {c} |
| buttonwood {n} (mangrove) SEE: mangrove | :: |
| butt plug {n} (A sex toy for the anus and rectum) | :: analplugg {c} |
| buttress {n} (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it) | :: stötta |
| buttress {n} (anything that serves to support something) | :: stötta |
| buttress {v} (support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress) | :: stötta |
| butt-ugly {adj} (extremely ugly) | :: asful, ful som stryk |
| but who's counting {phrase} (used as a retort or comeback) | :: vem bryr sig |
| butyric acid {n} (normal butyric acid) | :: smörsyra {c}, butansyra |
| buxom {adj} (having a full, voluptuous figure) | :: frodig, bystig, yppig |
| buy {v} (to obtain something with money) | :: köpa |
| buy {v} (to accept as true) | :: köpa |
| buy {n} (purchase) SEE: purchase | :: |
| buyback {n} (repurchase of something previously sold) | :: återköp {n} |
| buyer {n} (person who makes purchases) | :: köpare {c}, klient {c}, inköpare {c}, uppköpare {c} |
| buying power {n} (purchasing power) SEE: purchasing power | :: |
| buyout {n} (acquisition of a controlling interest) | :: uppköp {n} |
| buzz {n} (continuous humming noise) | :: surr {n} |
| buzz {n} (rush of feeling of energy or excitement) | :: rus {n} |
| buzz {n} (informal: telephone call) | :: signal {c} |
| buzz {v} (to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound) | :: surra, ina |
| buzz {v} (aviation: to fly at high speed and at a low altitude) | :: lågsniffa |
| buzz {n} (whisper) SEE: whisper | :: |
| buzzard {n} (bird of the genus Buteo) | :: ormvråk |
| buzzard {n} (scavenging bird) SEE: vulture | :: |
| buzzword {n} (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon) | :: buzzword {n} |
| by {prep} (near, or next to) | :: vid, intill |
| by {prep} (not later than) | :: innan |
| by {prep} (indicates the agent of a passive verb) | :: av |
| by {prep} (indicates creator of a work) | :: av |
| by {prep} (indicates a means) | :: genom att (+ infinitive) |
| by {prep} (with the authority of) | :: vid |
| by {prep} (indicating amount of change, difference or discrepancy) | :: med |
| by {prep} (indicates steady progression) | :: efter |
| by {prep} | :: efter |
| by {adv} (along a path) | :: längs, längs med |
| by accident {adv} (accidentally) SEE: accidentally | :: |
| by a landslide {adv} (with big marginals) | :: med råge, med marginal |
| by all means {prep} (emphatically yes, definitely) | :: för all del |
| by and by {adv} (soon) SEE: soon | :: |
| by and large {adv} (mostly, generally; with few exceptions) | :: i allmänhet, mestadels, i stort sett, på det hela taget, i det stora hela |
| Byblos {prop} (port city in Lebanon) | :: Byblos |
| by chance {prep} (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) | :: av en slump |
| by default {prep} (in absence of any opposing action) | :: som standard |
| by dint of {prep} (because of; by reason of) SEE: because of | :: |
| bye {interj} (short for goodbye, see also: goodbye) | :: hej då, adjö, farväl, hej ha det bra |
| by-election {n} (special election) | :: fyllnadsval {c} |
| Byelorussian SSR {prop} (Soviet republic) | :: Vitryska SSR |
| by far {prep} (to a large extent) | :: med marginal, i särklass |
| by foot {adv} (on foot) SEE: on foot | :: |
| bygone {adj} (in the far past) | :: förgången |
| by hand {prep} (manually) SEE: manually | :: |
| by hand {prep} (manually) | :: för hand, manuellt |
| by heart {prep} (knowing completely) | :: utantill |
| by hook or by crook {prep} (by any means possible) | :: på ett eller ett annat sätt, på ett sätt eller annat, på ett eller annat sätt |
| by means of {prep} (By using) | :: genom, medelst |
| byname {n} (surname) | :: släktnamn {n}, tillnamn {n}, efternamn {n} |
| byname {n} (nickname) | :: binamn {n}, tillnamn {n} |
| by now {prep} (now) | :: vid det här laget |
| by oneself {prep} (without help) | :: själv {c}, på egen hand |
| by oneself {prep} (without company) | :: ensam, för sig själv |
| bypass {n} (road) | :: förbifart {c}, kringled {c}, förbifartsled {c} |
| bypass {n} (alternative passage for a bodily fluid) | :: bypass {?} |
| byproduct {n} (secondary or additional product) | :: biprodukt {c} |
| by-product {n} (secondary product) | :: biprodukt {c} |
| by-product {n} (side effect) | :: bieffekt {c} |
| Byronism {n} (admiration, emulation of Lord Byron) | :: byronism |
| byte {n} (8-bit unit) | :: byte {c} |
| by the by {prep} (by the way) SEE: by the way | :: |
| by the Grace of God {prep} (By divine right) | :: av Guds nåde |
| by the skin of one's teeth {prep} (barely, closely) | :: på håret |
| by the time {prep} (when) SEE: when | :: |
| by the way {prep} (incidentally) | :: förresten, för övrigt |
| by turns {adv} (one after the other) SEE: in turn | :: |
| byword {n} (a proverb) | :: ordspråk, ordstäv |
| Byzantine {adj} (of or pertaining to Byzantium) | :: bysantinsk |
| Byzantine {adj} (overly complex or intricate) | :: bysantinsk |
| Byzantine Empire {prop} (Greek-speaking empire in the Eastern Mediterranean region) | :: Bysans, Bysantinska riket |
| Byzantine fault tolerance {n} | :: bysantinska generalsproblem {n} |
| Byzantium {prop} (Byzantine Empire) SEE: Byzantine Empire | :: |
| Byzantium {prop} (ancient Greek city) | :: Byzantion |
| Bézier curve {n} (kind of parametric curve) | :: Bézier-kurva {c} |