Meaning of drabba | Babel Free
Definitioner
- to strike, to affect, to hit, to befall (someone – affect someone, of something negative)
- to enter into battle (with someone), to battle
Ekvivalenter
Exempel
“Han drabbades av en svår sjukdom”
He was struck by a serious illness
“Det är tur att det inte drabbar någon fattig”
It is fortunate that it (this unexpected high cost) doesn't strike anybody (who is) poor. (Because I can afford to pay it.)
“Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, act 4, scene 1, Shylock speaking Ifall det vägras mig, må faran drabba Venedigs privilegier och frihet! If you deny it, let the danger light Upon your charter and your city’s freedom.”
“Världen är full av elektriska gäng. Alla har drabbats av samma refräng. Och allting ska göras med watt och med volt. Och ungarna börjar när de går i kolt.”
The world is full of electric gangs. Everyone has been struck by [negatively, ironically, like "fallen victim to," etc.] the same refrain. And everything is to [shall] be done with watts and with volts. And the kids start when they're in frocks [when they walk in frock]. [along with various variations of pop (pop) and topp (top) and pop i topp (pop on top / pop at the top)]
“I princip alla regioner i världen kommer att drabbas och det är något som ställer krav på anpassning. […] Kristianstads kommuns skyfallskarta visar att biblioteket ligger i ett område som riskerar att drabbas i översvämningar.”
Virtually all regions of the world will be affected, which places demands on adaptation. […] Kristianstad Municipality's cloudburst map shows that the library is located in an area at risk of being affected by flooding.
“Upp emot 70 personer kan ha drabbats när en buss körde av vägen och landade i havet vid E10 i Hadsel i norra Norge.”
Up to 70 people may have been affected after a bus veered off the road and plunged into the sea along the E10 in Hadsel, northern Norway.
CEFR-nivå
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.