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Meaning of luffare | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

Definitioner

  1. a tramp, a vagabond, (in a historical context) a hobo (itinerant, usually unemployed person)
    common-gender
  2. a traveler (like a backpacker) with several journeys on the same type of transportation (sometimes picking destinations as they go)
    common-gender, figuratively, in-compounds
  3. (an invective against) a person somehow reminiscent of a tramp (by being poorly dressed or dirty or having low status or the like); a bum
    common-gender, derogatory, figuratively, slang

Ekvivalenter

English Bum Hobo Vagabond

Exempel

“Se på luffarn [luffaren] som går här på vägen. Se på luffarn [luffaren], Guds lille fyr. Så snart som det blir vår går han ut och går för att söka sig äventyr. Han går så långt som vägarna räcker. Han har en oro och längtan i sitt blod. Och när som sola skin [solen skiner] då far vanvett i'n ["i han" – see the usage notes for honom]. Det är det som ger honom hans mod. Han vill va' [vara] fri som en fågel, fri som en fågel. Och då är det som nånting ropar, "Kom!", i hans galna luffareblod. Han vill va' [vara] fri som en fågel, fri som en fågel. Och då är det som nånting ropar, "Kom!", i hans galna luffareblod. Se på luffarn [luffaren] som går här på vägen. Se på luffarn [luffaren], Guds lille fyr. Nog blir han trött ibland och då tänker han, "Varför söker jag äventyr?" "Varför måste jag vandra och vandra? Det finns så många klokare bestyr. Så varför ska jag då bara gå och gå? Jag kanske vandrar åt helsefyr." Jag vill va' [vara] fri som en fågel, fri som en fågel. Och då är det som nånting ropar, "Kom!", i hans galna luffareblod. Jag vill va' [vara] fri som en fågel, fri som en fågel. Och då är det som nånting ropar, "Kom!", i mitt galna luffareblod.”

Look at the tramp walking here on the road. Look at the tramp, God's little chap. As soon as spring arrives [as soon as it becomes spring] he goes out and walks to seek [himself] adventure. He walks as far as the roads reach. He has an anxiousness and longing in his blood. And whenever the sun is shining, madness grips him [then goes madness in him]. That is what gives him his courage. He wants to be free as a bird, free as a bird. And then it is as if something calls, "Come!", in his crazy vagabond blood. He wants to be free as a bird, free as a bird. And then it is as if something calls, "Come!", in his crazy vagabond blood. Look at the tramp walking here on the road. Look at the tramp, God's little chap. Certainly, he gets tired sometimes, and then he thinks, "Why do I seek adventure?" "Why do I have to wander and wander? There are so many wiser things to do ["wiser occupations," in a non-job sense]. So why should I then just walk and walk? I might be wandering to tarnation." I want to be free as a bird, free as a bird. And then it is as if something calls, "Come!", in his crazy vagabond blood. I want to be free as a bird, free as a bird. And then it is as if something calls, "Come!", in my crazy vagabond blood.

“tågluffare”

person who travels long distances by hopping off and on trains

“båtluffare”

person who travels from island to island with different boats in an archipelago

CEFR-nivå

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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