Meaning of våg | Babel Free

Definitioner

1. a road
   common-gender
2. a wave; a shape with alternating curves; a motion of liquid or energy
   common-gender
3. a scale (device for measuring weights or masses)
   common-gender
4. a way, a route, a path (way of getting to somewhere, or path traveled, concretely or abstractly)
   common-gender
5. a balance (balance scale)
   common-gender
6. a way (of reaching a certain goal), a path
   common-gender
7. Libra (star sign)
   common-gender
8. that is how it happened, that is how it came about
   common-gender, idiomatic
9. like a certain thing, "towards" a certain thing (on the way towards a certain thing, figuratively)
   common-gender

Ekvivalenter

Exempel

“En tsunami är en jättevåg”

A tsunami is a giant wave

“böljande vågor”

rolling [billowing] waves

“vågskvalp”

lapping waves

“I Roslagens famn på den blommande ö, där vågorna klucka [old present tense plural, usually kluckar] mot strand, och vassarna vagga [old present tense plural, usually vaggar] och nyslaget hö, det doftar emot mig ibland.”

In Roslagen's embrace on the flowering island, where the waves lap ["cluck" – onomatopoeic] against shore [sic – indefinite], and the reeds sway and of freshly mown hay, it wafts [smells pleasantly, "scents"] towards me sometimes [sic].

“Den röda bilen körde på en väg”

The red car was driving on a road

“En älg sprang över vägen”

A moose ran across the road

“gå på fel sida av vägen”

walk on the wrong side of the road

“Sväng vänster när vägen delar sig i två”

Turn left when the road splits into two

“en asfalterad väg”

a paved road

“en grusväg”

a gravel road

“en skogsväg”

a forest road

“Bred är den väg som leder till fördärvet”

Broad is the road ("that road" – literary) that leads to destruction (Matthew 7:13)

“Kan du visa mig vägen till biblioteket?”

Can you show me the way to the library?

“Vilken väg brukar du ta till jobbet?”

What route do you usually take to work?

“Vi måste hitta en väg ut ur grottan”

We need to find a way out of the cave

“Vi sprang hela vägen hem”

We ran the whole way home

“Kartan visar vår färdväg”

The map shows our travel route

“fotbollsspelarens väg till toppen”

the soccer player's way to the top

“vattnets väg från sjö till kran”

the journey of water from lake to faucet ("the water's way from lake to faucet")

“Titta in om ni har vägarna förbi nån gång”

Stop by if you're ever in the neighborhood / passing by ["have the ways past" – idiomatic]

“framställa en molekyl på syntetisk väg”

produce a molecule synthetically ("on synthetic way," through synthetic means)

“Filmen går inte att få tag på på laglig väg”

There's no way to get hold of the movie legally ("on legal way," through legal means)

“vård på frivillig väg kontra tvångsvård”

voluntary treatment ("treatment on voluntary way," through voluntary means) versus involuntary treatment

“visa andra vägar för ungdomar som hamnat snett”

show other paths to wayward youth

“vägen till en fredlig lösning”

the path to a peaceful solution

“Outgrundliga äro Herrens vägar”

God works in mysterious ways ("Inscrutable are the ways of the Lord" – idiomatic)

“Göran tyckte att jag borde skicka in några recept till tidningen, och på den vägen är det”

Göran thought I should send some recipes to the newspaper, and that is how I eventually became famous for my recipes (or the like)

“På tal om filminspirerade fordon är Åkes Mad Max-motorcykel bland det häftigaste jag sett i den vägen”

Speaking of movie-inspired vehicles, Åkes' Mad Max motorcycle is among the coolest things I've seen in that vein ("in that way")

“– Vad vill du äta, Lennart? Pasta? – Jag är sugen på nåt mer i snabbmatsväg.”

– What do you want to eat, Lennart? Pasta? – I feel like eating something more fast foodish ("something more in fast food-way").

“Stigs fest ser verkligen ut att bli nåt i hästväg”

Stig's party is really looking to be something else ("something in horse-way")

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