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 Translation for 'back' from English to Swedish
ADJ   back | - | -
NOUN   a back | backs
VERB   to back | backed | backed
backing | backs
tillbaka {adv}back
2
bakre {adj}back
Verbs
att backa uppto back [support]
Nouns
anat.
rygg {u}
back
3
baksida {u}back
2
avigsida {u} [baksida]back
2 Words: Others
då för tiden {adv}back then
bakåtkammad {adj}back-combed
2 Words: Verbs
unverified att backa undanto back off [step back]
att backa uppto back up [support]
unverified att backa undanto draw back
unverified att backa undanto fall back
unverified att backa undanto shrink back
att vända omto turn (back)
2 Words: Nouns
tek.
bakaxel {u}
back axle
inform.
bakåtknapp {u}
back button
arki.
bakdörr {u}
back door
bakväg {u} [bildl.]back door [fig.]
ryggmassage {u}back massage
med.
ryggproblem {n}
back problem
baksäte {n}back seat
bakgata {u}back street
fordon
bakdäck {n}
back tire [Am.]
fordon
bakdäck {n}
back tyre [Br.]
bakhjul {n}back wheel
fordon
bakruta {u}
back window
3 Words: Others
baktill {adv}at the back
på baksidanat the back
fram och tillbakaback and forth
sedan hedenhös {adv}since way back
3 Words: Verbs
att återgå (till)to go back (to)
3 Words: Nouns
sport
bakåtpassnings­regel {u}
back-pass rule
cykelfordontraf.
fotbroms {u} [på cykeln]
back-pedalling brake [Br.]
baksätesförare {u}back-seat driver [coll.]
pin {u}pin-back button
4 Words: Others
allra längst bak {adv}at the very back
4 Words: Verbs
unverified att dunka ngn. i ryggento clap sb. on the back
unverified att dunka ngn. i ryggento pat sb. on the back
att falla ngn. i ryggen [idiom]to stab sb. in the back [fig.] [idiom]
4 Words: Nouns
anat.
handrygg {u}
back of the hand
bakhuvud {n}back of the head
anat.
nacke {u}
back of the neck
5+ Words: Verbs
idiom
att känna ngt. som sin egen ficka
to know sth. like the back of one's hand
att sätta på sparlåga ngt. [idiom]to put sth. on the back burner [idiom]
Fiction (Literature and Film)
filmF
Djungelpartisaner
Back to Bataan [Edward Dmytryk]
filmF
En pyjamas för två
Lover Come Back [Delbert Mann]
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Translation for 'back' from English to Swedish

back
tillbaka {adv}

bakre {adj}

rygg {u}anat.

baksida {u}

avigsida {u} [baksida]

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to back [support]
att backa upp

back then
då för tiden {adv}
back-combed
bakåtkammad {adj}

to back off [step back]
unverified att backa undan
to back up [support]
att backa upp
to draw back
unverified att backa undan
to fall back
unverified att backa undan
to shrink back
unverified att backa undan
to turn (back)
att vända om

back axle
bakaxel {u}tek.
back button
bakåtknapp {u}inform.
back door
bakdörr {u}arki.
back door [fig.]
bakväg {u} [bildl.]
back massage
ryggmassage {u}
back problem
ryggproblem {n}med.
back seat
baksäte {n}
back street
bakgata {u}
back tire [Am.]
bakdäck {n}fordon
back tyre [Br.]
bakdäck {n}fordon
back wheel
bakhjul {n}
back window
bakruta {u}fordon

at the back
baktill {adv}

på baksidan
back and forth
fram och tillbaka
since way back
sedan hedenhös {adv}

to go back (to)
att återgå (till)

back-pass rule
bakåtpassnings­regel {u}sport
back-pedalling brake [Br.]
fotbroms {u} [på cykeln]cykelfordontraf.
back-seat driver [coll.]
baksätesförare {u}
pin-back button
pin {u}

at the very back
allra längst bak {adv}

to clap sb. on the back
unverified att dunka ngn. i ryggen
to pat sb. on the back
unverified att dunka ngn. i ryggen
to stab sb. in the back [fig.] [idiom]
att falla ngn. i ryggen [idiom]

back of the hand
handrygg {u}anat.
back of the head
bakhuvud {n}
back of the neck
nacke {u}anat.

to know sth. like the back of one's hand
att känna ngt. som sin egen fickaidiom
to put sth. on the back burner [idiom]
att sätta på sparlåga ngt. [idiom]

Back to Bataan [Edward Dmytryk]
DjungelpartisanerfilmF
Lover Come Back [Delbert Mann]
En pyjamas för tvåfilmF
  • bäck {u} = stream [small river]
  • bäck {u} = brook
  • back {u} öl = crate of beer
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Usage Examples English
  • Curie recently won back-to-back CPS Championships in football and played in back-to-back Prep Bowls (City Champ vs. Catholic League champ).
  • The term back line can either refer to the "full-back line" consisting of the two back pockets and the full-back, or both the full- and half-back lines, which collectively can also be referred to as the "defence", "defensive unit" or the "back six".
  • When two eagles are shown back-to-back and facing the edges of the field the term used is "addorsed" / "endorsed" or "adossés" ("back-to-back").
  • These announcers have tended to describe the "ball itself" as going "back-back-back".
  • Two sensor back types are commonly used: single shot back (non-scanning) and scan back.

  • entered third seven–points back. Denny Hamlin entered fourth eight–points back.
  • Abaya plays the right-back position. He can, however, play left-back and centre-back positions.
  • The Vizag back-to-back HVDC station, or Visakhapatnam back-to-back HVDC station, is a back-to-back HVDC connection between the eastern and southern regions in India, located close to the city of Visakhapatnam, and owned by Power Grid Corporation of India.
  • Vered is a right-footed right back that can also play center back and left back.
  • Brian Campion (born 1984) is an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper, corner-back, full-back, wing-back and centre-back for the Laois senior team.

  • After the Olympics and into early 2017, USWNT coach Jill Ellis experimented with different formations and Long started several matches playing centre-back as part of a three back.
  • The 2003, 2004, and 2005 Boys Baseball Team won back-to-back-to-back Summer Season Division 1 State Championships.
  • Near-back vowels are essentially a type of back vowels; no language is known to contrast back and near-back vowels based on backness alone.
  • Winner: Durham Bulls; first team to win back to back IL titles since Columbus Clippers won back in 1991.
  • "Balance beam": Jump to knee mount, back handspring, back handspring, tucked full; switch split leap; Chen; front aerial; full turn; tucked side salto; back handspring, back handspring, triple twist dismount.

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