Meaning of spegel | Babel Free
/ˈspeːˌɡɛl/Definitioner
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a mirror; a smooth reflecting surface common-gender
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something flat and smooth, resembling a mirror (e.g. the surface of a lake) common-gender
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a mirror (something that reflects something) common-gender, figuratively
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a (moral) guideline, used for correcting errors, similar to a mirror archaic, common-gender
Ekvivalenter
English
mirror
Exempel
“Spegel, spegel på väggen där, säg vem som fagrast i landet är”
Mirror, mirror on the wall [there], tell me who the fairest in the country is (standard translation)
“Leende spegel med brister och fel, ser att barnet har blivit en man. Och gudarna gav mig en underlig själ, som har svårt att ta för sig ibland.”
Smiling mirror with faults and errors, sees that the child has become a man. And the gods gave me a strange soul, that sometimes has a hard time helping itself to things [awkward translation that matches the meaning – "att ta för sig" (to take for oneself) means "to help oneself (to something)"].
“Filmer är en spegel av samhället”
Movies are a mirror of society
CEFR-nivå
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.