Swedish–English dictionary

slidkrans

(anatomy) A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females.

slingra

(geography) One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse

slingra sig

(intransitive) To follow or move in a winding route.

slingrande

Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.

slinka

A vulgar or sexually promiscuous woman; a hussy or slattern.

slinta

(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.

slipa

(transitive) To sharpen with a hone; to whet.

slipande

Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface. [First attested in 1805.]

slipark

a sheet of sanding paper or sandpaper

slipas

(intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.

slippa lös

(intransitive, colloquial, legal) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.

slippapper

(uncountable) Strong paper coated with (traditionally) sand or (today) manufactured aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or other abrasive material, used for smoothing and polishing.

slips

A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.

slipsnisse

(pejorative, slang, metonym) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.

slipsten

An abrasive wheel for sharpening, polishing, or grinding.

slira

(intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning.

sliskig

Excessively sweet.

slit

Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.

slit-och-släng-

That is designed to be discarded rather than reused, refilled or repaired.

slita

(transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.

slitage

(engineering) Weakening and eventual failure of material, typically by cracking leading to complete separation, caused by repeated application of mechanical stress to the material.

sliten

Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.

slitstark

Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring.

slitstyrka

The ability to last a long time by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.

slö

Slow or tardy.

slocknad

(dated) Of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining; extinguished, quenched.

slöfock

A lazy person.

slogan

(US, figurative) Said of canned insight; a slogan or saying that is trite or lacks depth.

slöhet

Habitual laziness or sloth.

slöja

(photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.

slöjd

(countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation [since the 9th century].

slöjdbänk

A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc.

sloka

(intransitive) To hang downward; to sag.

slösa

(transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.

slösa bort

(transitive) To squander or waste.

slösaktig

Wastefully extravagant.

slösare

Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.

slöseri

The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.

slott

A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.

slovak

(countable) A person from Slovakia or of Slovak descent.

Slovakien

A country in Central Europe. Official name: Slovak Republic. Capital and largest city: Bratislava.

slovakisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Slovakia, the Slovak people or the Slovak language.

slovakiska

Of, from, or pertaining to Slovakia, the Slovak people or the Slovak language.

Slovenien

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Slovenia. Capital and largest city: Ljubljana. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.

sludder

A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together, characteristic of some Southern US accents, as well as Broad Australian, Broad New Zealand, and Scots.

slug

Quickly and critically discerning.

slughet

Skill in deception, slyness.

sluka

(transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.

slukhål

(geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.

slum

(countable, pejorative) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.

slump

(uncountable) Random occurrence; luck.

slumpartad

Happening by chance, casual.

slumpmässig

Depending on the throw of a die; random, arising by chance.

slumra

(intransitive) To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake.

slunga

(transitive) To throw (something) with force.

slunga ut

(transitive) To throw out or remove forcefully.

slungning

The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.

slup

(nautical) A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.

slurk

A small mouthful of drink

slurpa

(transitive) To eat or drink noisily.

slusk

A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.

sluss

A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.

slussport

Either of the downstream gates in a canal lock.

slyna

(pejorative, slang) A promiscuous woman.

slyngel

Sometimes diminutive: a cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.

småäta

To eat between meals.

småax

(botany) A small, or secondary spike, especially one of many in the inflorescence of a grass or sedge.

småbarn

A young child who has started walking but not fully mastered it, typically between one and three years old.

småbåtshamn

A harbour for small boats.

småbitar

(informal) Fragments or splintered pieces; numerous tiny disconnected items.

smäcker

Attractively thin; gracefully slender. [from 1810s]

smäda

(intransitive) To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.

smädande

Marked by harsh abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing.

smädelse

A false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone.

smädeskrift

A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution; especially, a satirical one.

smådjävul

(chiefly, fiction, and, mythology) A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2). [from 16th c.]

småfet

(slang) Rather fat; chubby.

småfisk

(childish) .

smågnabb

Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.

småhere

A boy or young man.

smak

(chiefly, in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).

smaka

To detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or taste, or food and drink); to relish.

smakämne

Flavoring, a substance used to produce a taste.

smakbit

(cooking) A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.

smakförstärkare

Something used to enhance the flavor of food, for example, salt or pepper, especially when added by the eater to taste rather than by the cook.

smakfull

Having or exhibiting good taste; aesthetically pleasing or conforming to expectations or ideals of what is appropriate.

smaklig

(colloquial, figurative) Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

smaklig måltid

Used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat.

smaklig spis

Used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat.

smaklös

Lacking in taste or flavor.

småkoka

(transitive) To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.

smakprov

(cooking) A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.

smaksätta

(American spelling, transitive) To add flavoring to something.

smaktillsats

Flavoring, a substance used to produce a taste.

småkylig

(informal) Of the weather, rather cold.

smal

Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth.

smälek

Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.

smäll

Used to suggest the sound of an explosion.

smälla

(intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.

smälla ihop

(intransitive) To bite or chew loudly or heavily.

smälla till

(transitive) To give a slap to.

smälta

(transitive) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.

smältdegel

(chemistry) A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.

smältning

The act of becoming liquid; melting.

småpåve

A self-important or pretentious person.

småprat

Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.

småprata

To be engaged in informal conversation.

smaragd

Of a rich green colour.

smaragdgrön

Of a rich green colour.

smärgel

(rock) An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.

smärre

Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:

smarrig

Of food: delectable, delicious.

smart

Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.

smart mobil

(cell phone) A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a featurephone.

smart telefon

(cell phone) A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a featurephone.

smärta

(transitive) To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.

smärtfri

Free from pain; without pain or trouble.

smärtlindrare

(pharmaceutical drug) A drug that numbs the pain in the body.

smärtlindring

(medicine, American spelling, Canadian spelling) An artificial method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain without causing loss of vital functions, by the administration of one or more agents which block pain impulses before transmitted to the brain.

smartmobil

(cell phone) A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a featurephone.

smartphone

(cell phone) A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a featurephone.

smärtstillande

(American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.

smarttelefon

(cell phone) A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a featurephone.

småsak

A trifle; an insubstantial thing.

småsaker

Insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information; froth.

smash

(tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.

småskälla

(intransitive) Of a small dog, to bark.

smaskens

Of food: delectable, delicious.

smaskig

(of vegetation) Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant.

småstad

(UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.

småsten

A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.

småsur

(informal) Somewhat indignant, irritated, angry, in a snit, put out or annoyed.

småsynd

A small flaw or sin.

smatter

(figuratively) A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.

smed

A person who forges iron.

smedja

A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.

smeka

(transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.

smekmånad

A trip taken by a newly married couple during this period.

smeknamn

An expression of affection.

smet

(uncountable, informal) Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or unknown composition, such as slime or semen.

smicker

(countable) An instance of excessive praise.

smickrad

In a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself.

smickrande

Attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good.

smickrare

One who flatters.

smida

(metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating and hammering.

smida ränker

(transitive) To plan; to contrive; to manuever.

smidig

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move.

smidighet

(uncountable) The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion

smil

A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.

smiley

A simplified representation of a smiling face.