WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2025:
| Huvudsakliga översättningar |
| bum n | US, informal (street person) | luffare s |
| | (slang) | lodis, lodare s |
| | There are a lot of bums downtown who panhandle in the tourist areas. |
| bum n | informal, figurative (idle person) (bildligt, nedlåtande) | parasit s |
| | Gina's brother is a bum; he's thirty-five but has no job and lives with his mother. |
| bum n | UK, informal (buttocks) | rumpa, stjärt s |
| | (slang) | häck s |
| | A dog bit Drake on the bum! |
| bum [sth]⇒ vtr | slang (obtain by asking, begging) | tigga vtr |
| | I wound down my car window and the man asked me if he could bum a ride. |
bum [sth] off [sb],
bum [sth] from [sb] vtr + prep | slang (obtain by asking, begging) | tigga om ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | | snylta till sig ngt vbal uttr |
| | Brad is always bumming cigarettes off his friends. |
| bum adj | informal (inferior, of poor quality) | billig adj |
| | | dålig adj |
| | Evan gave me bum advice; I wish I hadn't listened to him. |
| bum adj | informal (false, misleading) (bildlig) | billig adj |
| | | falsk adj |
| | | oriktig adj |
| | The informant gave the cops a bum lead. |
| bum adj | informal (lame) | lam adj |
| | | orörlig adj |
| | He can't run until his bum leg heals. |