Swedish–English dictionary

bortavaro

A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship

bortbyting

(European folklore, also, figurative) In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature that was secretly exchanged for a human infant. In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to demons, devils, or witches.

bortfall

(human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through injury, incapacitation, retirement, resignation, or death.

bortgång

(formal) Death, departure from life.

bortkastad

Not profitably used.

bortklemad

(of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.

bortom

Later than; after.

bortovaro

A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship

bortse från

(transitive) To ignore; to pay no attention to.

bortsett från

Unless something happens; excepting; in the absence of.

bortskämd

(of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.

borttagning

The act of deleting. [c. 1600]

bortvisa

(transitive) To remove from membership.

bosättare

(historical) Any of the early English or Scottish settlers who were given the lands of the dispossessed Irish populace during the reign of Elizabeth I.

boskap

Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or goats. Also rarely applied to horses.

boskapsled

A road or track along which cattle are habitually, used to be or could be driven; a droveway.

bosnier

(uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

bosniska

(uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

boson

(particle) A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion.

boss

A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.

bossa

(transitive) To exercise authoritative control over; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.

bostad

A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.

bostadskollektiv

(countable) A residential or religious collective; a commune.

bostadslös

Lacking a permanent place of residence.

bostadsområde

A residential complex in a current or former communist country, chiefly one which was previously part of the Soviet Union; a microdistrict.

bostadsrätt

(US, Canada, Philippines) An individual unit (such as an apartment) in such a complex.

bostadsrättslägenhet

(US, Canada, Philippines) An individual unit (such as an apartment) in such a complex.

boställe

The place where one lives (resides); one's home.

bot

(computing) A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.

bota

(transitive) To restore to health.

botanik

(uncountable) A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.

botaniker

(botany) A person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.

botanisera

To do the work of a botanist, as to inventory the plant life in an area and to collect plants for research purposes.

botanisk

Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants.

botanist

(botany) A person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.

botbar

Capable of being cured.

böte

A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.

botemedel

Something that corrects or counteracts.

böter

A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.

bötfälla

(transitive) To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).

botfärdig

Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses; feeling sincere guilt.

botfärdig syndare

One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of their transgressions.

botgörande

Doing penance.

botgörare

One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.

Botswana

The Republic of Botswana, since 1966.

bottenlös

Having no bottom.

bottenredning

A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.

bottensats

The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.

bottenskrap

(figuratively, the dregs) The worst and lowest part of something.

botulism

(pathology) Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.

bouillabaisse

A type of fish soup or stew from Provence, France.

boulevard

A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.

bounge

A small, young bird that is still confined to the nest.

bourgeoisie

(Marxism) The capitalist class.

bourgogne

A variety of wine from this region, chiefly red wine made with pinot noir grapes.

bourgognevin

A variety of wine from this region, chiefly red wine made with pinot noir grapes.

bov

(informal) a villain, particularly an antagonist in a story.

bovenbramsegel

(nautical, sailing) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.

Bowen

A coastal town and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.

bowling

A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling

box

A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.

boxa

(transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.

boxare

A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.

boxas

(transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.

boxning

(sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.

bra

In good health or a good emotional state.

bra jobbat

(idiomatic) Well done; congratulations!

bråck

(diseases) A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.

bracka

(derogatory) A person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of or is antagonistic towards art or culture, and who has pedestrian tastes.

brackig

(derogatory) Ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes.

bräckjärn

An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.

bräcklig

Able to break or be broken.

bräcklighet

feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.

bräckt

(of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.

bräda

A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.

brädd

The topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container.

bräddfull

Filled to maximum capacity.

bräddfylld

Filled to maximum capacity.

bråddjup

(frequently, figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

brädfodring

(North America) A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building.

brädgård

(typography) The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).

brådmogen

Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity.

brådmogenhet

The condition of being precocious

brådska

Speed; swiftness; dispatch.

brådskande

Requiring immediate attention.

bradykardi

(medicine, cardiology) The condition of having a slow heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult.

bragd

A heroic or extraordinary deed.

Brailleskrift

A system of writing in which letters and some combinations of letters are represented by raised dots arranged in three or four rows of two dots each and are read by the blind and partially sighted using the fingertips.

brainstorming

A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously.

brainstormning

A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously.

braj

(slang, uncountable) Marijuana.

bråk

A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

bräka

To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.

bräkande

(onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep.

bråkdel

A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.

bräken

Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.

bråkig

Given to struggling with others out of jealousy or discord.

bråkmakare

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, derogatory) A troublesome fellow or thing; a blighter.

bråkmakerska

One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately.

bråkstake

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, derogatory) A troublesome fellow or thing; a blighter.

bränd

(of food) Carbonised.

brandbomb

A weapon that causes fire; an incendiary weapon.

brandfarlig

Easily set on fire.

brandgul

A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour. flame:

brandman

(firefighting) A person who has been trained to put out fires.

brandröd

Having the colour of fire.

brandsoldat

(firefighting) A person who has been trained to put out fires.

brandy

(uncountable) An alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.

bränna

(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.

brännande

So hot as to seem to burn (something).

brännässla

Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, stinging nettles:

brännbar

Capable of burning.

brännbarhet

The quality or state of being combustible

bränneri

A device or apparatus that distills, a condenser; a still.

brännhet

So hot as to seem to burn (something).

bränning

The act by which something burns or is burned.

brännmärka

(transitive) To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.

brännmärke

A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.

brännsår

A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.

brännskada

A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.

brännugn

An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.

brännvinsadvokat

An unscrupulous or unethical lawyer, especially one of lesser skill.

bransch

(countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.

branschkontor

A location of an organization with several locations.

bränsle

Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.

brant

Difficult or exhausting to traverse.

brantagås

(North American) Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.

brasa

A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.

bräsch

A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.

bräsera

(cooking) To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.

brasilian

A person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent.

brasilianare

A person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent.

brasiliansk

Of, from, or pertaining to Brazil, or the Brazilian people.

brasilianska

A person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent.

Brasilien

A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília.

bräske

A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc. [from 15th c.]

brasklapp

A warning.

brasse

A person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent.

brasskydd

a low metal framework in front of a fireplace, intended to catch hot coals, soot, and ash

brasved

Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.

bråte

The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry.

Bratislava

The region of Slovakia that includes the city of Bratislava.

bratwurst

A small pork sausage, usually served fried.

Braunschweig

Synonym of Braunschweig: a city in Lower Saxony, Germany.

bravo

Used to express acclaim, especially to a performer.

braxa

The smoldering or glowing remains of a fire, smoldering ash.

bre

(transitive) To spread butter on.

break

(tennis) A game won by the receiving player(s).

bred

Having a large physical extent from side to side.

bred binnikemask

(countable) A broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum.