Meaning of bov | Babel Free
/buːv/Definitioner
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a criminal, chiefly a thief or robber colloquial, common-gender
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a crook (dishonest, immoral, etc. person) colloquial, common-gender
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a villain, a culprit (person or thing doing bad, in some context) colloquial, common-gender
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the culprit, the villain of the piece (the person or thing that is the cause of trouble) colloquial, common-gender, idiomatic
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a thief (something that takes away something inordinately or the like) colloquial, common-gender, figuratively
Exempel
“Björnbusarna är bovar”
The Beagle Boys are criminals / crooks [might give an idea of the tone]
“jaga bovar”
catch [hunt] criminals
“Bovar och banditer, ni som sitter här och skiter, om ni något hjärta har, lämna lite papper kvar”
Crooks and bandits, you who sit here and shit, if you have a heart, leave some paper [left] [common outhouse poetry]
“energibov”
energy thief
CEFR-nivå
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.