| Huvudsakliga översättningar |
| blue n | (primary color) | blått s |
| | I really love blue, it is such a lovely colour. |
| | Jag älskar verkligen blått. Det är en så ljuvlig färg. |
| blue adj | (blue in color) | blå, blåfärgad adj |
| | My car isn't red, it's blue. |
| | Min bil är inte röd. Den är blå (or: blåfärgad). |
| blue adj | figurative (sad, melancholy) | nedstämd, nedslagen adj |
| | (vardaglig) | deppig, nere, låg adj |
| | | dyster adj |
| | | ledsen adj |
| | Rainy days make me feel blue. |
| | Regniga dagar får mig att känna mig nedstämd (or: nedslagen). |
| blue adj | informal, figurative (movie, joke: pornographic) | porr- adj |
| | | erotisk adj |
| | (ogillande) | oanständig adj |
| | There were blue films at the stag night. |
| | Det fanns porrfilmer under svensexan. |
| the blues npl | (melancholy, sadness) | nedstämdhet, nedslagenhet s |
| | | dysterhet s |
| | (vardaglig) | deppighet s |
| | She's got the blues since her boyfriend left. |
| | Hon lider av nedstämdhet (or: nedslagenhet) sedan hennes pojkvän gav sig av. |
blues,
the blues npl | (African-American folk music) | blues, bluesmusik s |
| | We're going out to a bar to hear some blues this weekend. Many New Orleans musicians play the blues. |
| | Vi ska gå till en bar och lyssna på lite blues (or: bluesmusik) den här helgen. |
| blues n as adj | (of African-American folk music) (förled) | blues- adj |
| | The band played a classic blues number. |
| | Bandet spelade ett klassiskt bluesnummer. |
| Ytterligare översättningar |
| blue adj | figurative (mood: depressed) | nedstämd, nedslagen adj |
| | (vardaglig) | deppig adj |
| | | dyster adj |
| | The bad news put me in a blue mood. |
| blue adj | (cold) | blå adj |
| | | blå av köld uttr |
| | I played in the snow and my nose was blue! |
| blue adj | UK (conservative) | blå adj |
| | | höger- adj |
| | | konservativ adj |
| | Don't ask her for money for the strikers, she's a true blue. |
| blue adj | US (Democrat) (politik: USA) | blå adj |
| | (politik: USA) | som röstar på Demokratiska partiet uttr |
| | Republicans lost again in the blue states. |
| blue adj | US, figurative (puritanical) | sträng adj |
| | | puritansk adj |
| | Some states still maintain puritanical old blue laws. |
| blue adj | (discolored by cold) | blå adj |
| | | blå av köld uttr |
| | It was a freezing day and my fingers had started turning blue. |
| the blue n | poetic (sky) | det blå s |
| | | himlen s |
| | The rocket lifted off and raced into the blue. |
| blue n | (type of butterfly) | blåvinge s |
| | | blå fjäril s |
| | Benny trapped a blue in his net. |
| Blue n | US (Union soldier) (amerikanska inbördeskriget) | nordstatssoldat, unionssoldat s |
| | In the US Civil War, Union soldiers were called 'Blues" or "Bluebellies" because of the colour of their uniforms. |
| Blue n | UK (sports award) (vid universitet) | utmärkelse för idrottsprestation s |
| | He got a Cambridge Blue for rowing. |
| Blue n | UK (sports award recipient) (vid universitet) | vinnare av sportutmärkelse s |
| | He is an Oxford Blue. |
| blue⇒ vi | (turn blue) | färgas blå, bli blå vitr + adj |
| | The water blued as the food colouring was added. |
| blue [sth]⇒ vtr | (make blue) | färga blå, göra blå vtr + adj |
| | The indigo dye blued the shirt. |
| blue [sth] vtr | (metal: heat to make blue/grey) | bränna ngt tills det blir blått vbal uttr |
| | The gunsmith blued the barrel of the gun. |