Meaning of bärga | Babel Free

Definitioner

1. to salvage (recover, most commonly (something on) a sunken vessel, or a vehicle that has broken down)
2. to recover (when more idiomatic – see the picture for example)
3. to harvest, to garner (gather in (cut crops))
4. to furl
5. to contain oneself
   reflexive

Exempel

“bärga ett sjunket skepp”

salvage [raise] a sunken ship

“bärga kanonerna på skeppet”

salvage the cannons on the ship

“bärga kropparna från vraket”

salvage the bodies from the wreck

“bärga bilen ur diket”

tow [would normally be implied] the car out of the ditch

“bilbärgning”

breakdown recovery service / tow truck / etc. ["car salvage" – might also include transportation to a repair shop or the like]

“De kunde knappt bärga sig”

They could hardly contain themselves

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