Swedish–English dictionary

bryn

The outer edge of something.

bryna

(cooking, transitive) To cook something until it becomes brown.

bryne

A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.

brynja

(uncountable, history) Armour consisting of metal rings linked together.

brynska

The state or quality of being brown.

brynsten

A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.

brysk

Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.

bryta

(intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.

bryta av

(transitive) To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.

bryta genom

(transitive) To puncture; to break through.

bryta ihop

(intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

brytare

A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.

brytas

(intransitive) To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.

brytning

(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.

bua

(intransitive) To shout extended boos derisively.

bubbel

(informal) Champagne.

bubbelgum

(usually, _, uncountable) A sweet chewing gum formulated to be stretchy so the chewer can blow bubbles with it.

bubbla

(UK, Australia, NZ) A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011).

buckanjär

(nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.

buckla

A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.

bud

An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.

Budapest

The capital and the most populous city of Hungary.

budbärare

One who brings messages.

Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama, the Nepali prince and Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.

buddhism

The religion or philosophy derived from the teachings of Gautama Buddha.

buddhist

A practitioner of the religion and philosophy of Buddhism.

buddhistisk

Of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism.

buddism

The religion or philosophy derived from the teachings of Gautama Buddha.

budget

Appropriate to a restricted budget.

budgetår

(accounting) An accounting period of one year, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year.

budord

(archaic, or, jocular) Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.

budskap

An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.

buffel

An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.

buffelhuvud

A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola. [from 1850s]

buffert

(chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid, such as by resisting a change in pH when an acid or alkali is added.

buffertlösning

(chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid, such as by resisting a change in pH when an acid or alkali is added.

buffertminne

(telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.

bufflig

Characteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid.

bugg

(chiefly, _, computing, engineering, _, jargon) A problem that needs fixing.

bugga

(transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

buggig

(computing) Containing programming errors.

bugning

A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence

buk

(obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly. [mid 16th c. – late 17th c.]

Bukarest

The capital city of Romania.

buken

(obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly. [mid 16th c. – late 17th c.]

bukett

A bunch of cut flowers.

bukfylla

(British) Heavy, dull, often starchy food, such as a steamed pudding

bukolisk

Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.

bukspottkörtel

(anatomy) A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to assist with food digestion.

bukt

(geography) A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.

bukta ut

(intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by out: to protuberate or stick out due to being full or swollen; to bulge, to swell.

buktalare

A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism.

buktaleri

The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.

buktalerska

A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism.

bula

An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.

bulevard

A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.

bulgar

(countable) A native of Bulgaria.

Bulgarien

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Bulgaria. Capital and largest city: Sofia.

bulgarisk

Relating to Bulgaria, its people, or the Bulgarian language.

bulgariska

Relating to Bulgaria, its people, or the Bulgarian language.

bulimi

(pathology) A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.

bulimiker

A person suffering from bulimia nervosa.

buljong

(uncountable) Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.

bulla

A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.

bulldogg

A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs.

bulle

A miniature round loaf of bread, often accompanying a meal.

buller

(uncountable) Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.

bullersam

Making a noise, especially a loud unpleasant sound

bulsan

A thin, often triangular flag or streamer, especially as hung from the end of a lance or spear.

bult

A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.

bulta

(intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.

bulvan

A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.

bumerang

A flat curved airfoil that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, originally used in various parts of the world as a hunting weapon or, in returnable types, for sports or training.

bunden

Limited within bounds.

bundla

(computing) To sell hardware and software as a single product.

bundsförvant

A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.

bunkra

(transitive) To load (a vessel) with coal or fuel oil for the engine.

bunt

A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.

bunta

(transitive) To tie or wrap together into a bundle.

bur

An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.

burdus

Roughly frank and hearty in one's manners.

burgare

Used to make the names of hamburgers served in buns with the addition of the specified foodstuff, or with that foodstuff used in place of the usual meat.

burgen

Wealthy or well off.

Burgund

A historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

burk

A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal.

burka

(strictly) An enveloping Central Asian garment which covers the whole body, incorporating a netted screen to cover the eyes, chiefly worn by women in fundamentalist denominations of Islam to observe sartorial hijab (the practice of wearing concealing clothing in front of adult men after the age of puberty).

Burma

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Officially known as Myanmar.

burmesisk

Of or relating to Burma (Myanmar) or its people or language.

burmesiska

Of or relating to Burma (Myanmar) or its people or language.

burop

A derisive shout made to indicate disapproval.

bursa

(anatomy) Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.

bus

(uncountable) Harm or trouble caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause.

busa med

(transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick and make a fool of someone.

buse

(US, Canada, Philippines, slang) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.

busig

Causing mischief; injurious.

buskage

A place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket.

buske

A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.

buskis

(countable) A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.

busksnår

A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.

busringning

A practical joke played by calling the unsuspecting victim on the telephone, usually pretending to be somebody else.

buss

(British, Australia) A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.

busstreck

A practical joke or mischievous trick.

butan

(organic compound) A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10, n-butane and 2-methylpropane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.

butchflata

(slang, LGBTQ, countable) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.

buteljera

(transitive) To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.

buteljering

A batch of bottled liquids, as from a single vat, barrel, or seasonal growth.

butik

A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.

butler

The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.

butter

Dissatisfied and irritable.

buu

A sound made to imitate a ghost.

by

A strong, abrupt rush of wind.

byalag

A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.

bybo

A person who lives in, or comes from, a village.

byffé

(furniture) A piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for linen and tableware; originally for serving food.

bygd

Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.

bygga

(transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.

bygga bo

(intransitive, of animals) To build or settle into a nest.

bygga upp

(transitive) To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.

bygga ut

(transitive) To capture, control or put to use.

byggande

(uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.

byggare

One who builds or constructs things.

bygge

(computing, countable) Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.

byggnad

(countable) A closed structure with walls and a roof.

byggnadskonst

The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.

byggnadsställning

A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.

byggnadsverk

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one.

byggnadsverksamhet

(uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.

byggnation

(uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.

bylta

(transitive) To dress someone warmly.

bypass

(medicine) An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass.

byrå

An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.

byracka

(dated, or, humorous) A contemptible or inferior dog.

byråkrat

An official who is part of a bureaucracy.

byråkratisk

Of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.

byrålåda

An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.

bysantin

(heraldiccharge) A roundel or (that is, a golden circle), the heraldic representation of a gold coin.

bysantin av silver

(heraldic charge) A roundel of silver or argent.

byst

A breast, one of a woman's breasts

bysthållare

An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts. [from 1920s]

bystig

(of a woman) Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.

byta

(intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.

byta om

(transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).

byte

An act of exchanging or trading.

byteshandel

An act of exchanging or trading.

byteshandla

(ambitransitive) To engage in trade.

byxa

(chiefly, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Philippines) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. [from 19th c.]

byxben

In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.

byxdräkt

(US) A women's suit consisting of coordinated pants (trousers) and jacket

byxdress

(US) A women's suit consisting of coordinated pants (trousers) and jacket

byxlös

Not wearing clothes below the waist; particularly not wearing clothes that would cover the genitalia.