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Detailed Translations for be short from English to Swedish

be short form of short:

short adj

  1. short (small; little; tiny; )
    litet; liten; underlägsen; obetydligt; underlägset

short adj

  1. short (abrupt; blunt; curt; steep)
    abrupt; bryskt
  2. short (perishing; evanescent; transient; )
    ömtåligt; förgänglig; förgängligt; lättförstörbar; lättförstörbart

short

  1. short (short in stature)
    kortväxt
  2. short (short of stature)
    småväxt

Translation Matrix for short:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- short circuit; shortstop
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- short-change; short-circuit
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- brusk; brusque; curt; forgetful; inadequate; light; little; myopic; poor; scant; shortsighted; unforesightful; unretentive
AdverbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- abruptly; curtly; dead; shortly; suddenly; unawares
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
bryskt abrupt; brusque; curt
kortväxt short; short in stature
litet a few; a little; some
småväxt short; short of stature
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
abrupt abrupt; blunt; curt; short; steep abruptly; all of a sudden; quick; sudden; suddenly; swiftly; unexpectedly
bryskt abrupt; blunt; curt; short; steep
förgänglig brief; casual; close; current; cursory; empty; evanescent; fleeting; informal; momentary; null; of short duration; passing; perfunctory; perishing; short; superficial; temporary; transient; transitory; volatile
förgängligt brief; casual; close; current; cursory; empty; evanescent; fleeting; informal; momentary; null; of short duration; passing; perfunctory; perishing; short; superficial; temporary; transient; transitory; volatile
liten diminutive; inadequate; inferior; little; low-grade; middling; minuscule; short; shortish; small; tiny; undersized delicate; infinitesimal; insignificant; little; minimal; minor; petite; scant; slender; slight; small; small-boned; thin
litet diminutive; inadequate; inferior; little; low-grade; middling; minuscule; short; shortish; small; tiny; undersized delicate; infinitesimal; insignificant; little; minimal; minor; petite; scant; slender; slight; slightly; small; small-boned; thin; to a limited extent; to a small extent
lättförstörbar brief; casual; close; current; cursory; empty; evanescent; fleeting; informal; momentary; null; of short duration; passing; perfunctory; perishing; short; superficial; temporary; transient; transitory; volatile
lättförstörbart brief; casual; close; current; cursory; empty; evanescent; fleeting; informal; momentary; null; of short duration; passing; perfunctory; perishing; short; superficial; temporary; transient; transitory; volatile
obetydligt diminutive; inadequate; inferior; little; low-grade; middling; minuscule; short; shortish; small; tiny; undersized futile; infinitesimal; insignificant; little; marginal; meaningless; minimal; minor; modest; scant; slight; small; trifling; trivial; unassuming; unimportant; unpretentious; unremarkable
underlägsen diminutive; inadequate; inferior; little; low-grade; middling; minuscule; short; shortish; small; tiny; undersized
underlägset diminutive; inadequate; inferior; little; low-grade; middling; minuscule; short; shortish; small; tiny; undersized
ömtåligt brief; casual; close; current; cursory; empty; evanescent; fleeting; informal; momentary; null; of short duration; passing; perfunctory; perishing; short; superficial; temporary; transient; transitory; volatile delicate; easily hurt; faint; feeble; fragile; frail; frightened of pain; oversensitive; pale; precarious; sensitive; sick; squeamish about pain; subtle; susceptible; tender; wan; weak

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Related Definitions for "short":

  1. marked by rude or peremptory shortness1
    • the salesgirl was very short with him1
  2. tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening1
    • shortbread is a short crumbly cookie1
    • a short flaky pie crust1
  3. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length1
    • short skirts1
    • short hair1
    • the board was a foot short1
    • a short toss1
  4. primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration1
    • a short life1
    • a short flight1
    • a short holiday1
    • a short story1
    • only a few short months1
  5. of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration1
    • the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short1
  6. not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices1
    • a short sale1
    • short in cotton1
  7. lacking foresight or scope1
    • a short view of the problem1
  8. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range1
    • a short memory1
  9. not sufficient to meet a need1
    • money is short1
    • on short rations1
    • food is in short supply1
    • short on experience1
  10. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so1
    • regularly gives short weight1
  11. low in stature; not tall1
    • he was short and stocky1
    • short in stature1
    • a short smokestack1
  12. quickly and without warning1
  13. in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner1
    • he talked short with everyone1
  14. at a disadvantage1
    • I was caught short1
  15. so as to interrupt1
    • She took him up short before he could continue1
  16. at some point or distance before a goal is reached1
    • he fell short of our expectations1
  17. clean across1
    • the car's axle snapped short1
  18. without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold1
    • he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash1
  19. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base1
  20. the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed1
  21. accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference1
  22. create a short circuit in1
  23. cheat someone by not returning him enough money1

Wiktionary Translations for short:

short
adjective
  1. having a small distance between ends or edges
  2. constituting an abbreviation (for)
  3. of a person, of comparatively little height
  4. having little duration
noun
  1. a short circuit
verb
  1. transitive: to cause a short circuit
  2. intransitive: to short circuit
  3. business: to sell sthg one does not own at the moment
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
• short → kort ↔ kort — van geringe lengte
• short → kort ↔ kort — van geringe duur
• short → brysk; barsk ↔ barsch — (im übertragenen Sinn) bezüglich Sprache, Handlung: (unfreundlich Unterton durchklingen) rau, (allzu) knapp gefasst
• short → knapp; karg; njugg; sparsam ↔ karg — mit dem, was man zu geben bereit ist, zurückhaltend
• short → hastig; kort ↔ kurz — wenig Zeit benötigend
• short → kort ↔ kurz — wenig Worte benötigend
• short → kort ↔ kurz — wenig Länge habend
• short → kortfristig; kortsiktig ↔ kurzfristig — von kurzer Dauer, für kurze Zeit
• short → mjuk; spröd; mör ↔ mürbe — weich (besonders bei Lebensmitteln)
• short → kort ↔ bref — Petit de taille
• short → gen ↔ court — De petite longueur ou qui n’a pas la longueur moyenne des objets du même genre.


Wiktionary Translations for be short:

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
• be short → sakna ↔ fehlen — nicht vorhanden sein

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