| Huvudsakliga översättningar |
WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
| scale n | US (weighing device) | våg s |
| | The boxer stepped onto the scale. |
| | Boxaren klev upp på vågen. |
scales,
weighing scales npl | UK (weighing device) | våg s |
| | I put the onions on the supermarket scales and weighed them. |
| | Jag placerade lökarna på snabbköpets våg och vägde dem. |
| scale n | (mathematical ratio) | skala s |
| | The map is drawn on a 1:1,000 scale. |
| | Kartan är ritad på en 1:1000 skala. |
| scale n | (system of measurement) | skala s |
| | Please rate the class on a scale of one to ten. |
| | Var snäll och betygsätt klassen på en skala från ett till tio. |
| scale n | (size, dimension) | skala s |
| | The dam project was conceived on a grand scale. |
| | Dammprojektet var uttänkt på en grandios skala. |
| scale n | (map: distance line) | skala s |
| | The scale was shown at the bottom of the map. |
| | Skalan visades i den nedre delen av kartan. |
| scale n | (music: sequence of notes) | skala s |
| | The pianist played scales to warm up. |
| | Pianisten spelade skalor för att värma upp. |
| scale n | usually plural (fish, snake: skin plaque) | fjäll s |
| | Most fish are covered in scales. |
| | De flesta fiskar är täckta med fjäll. |
| scale [sth]⇒ vtr | (climb: fence, mountain) | klättra vtr |
| | The boys scaled the fence. |
| | Pojkarna klättrade upp för staketet. |
| Ytterligare översättningar |
WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
| scale n | often plural (flake of skin) | flaga s |
| | | fjäll s |
| | (från hårbotten) | mjäll s |
| | There were scales of dandruff on the shirt. |
| scale n | often plural (flake) | flaga s |
| | There were scales of rust on the pipe. |
| scale n | (calcium in kettles, etc.) | avlagring, kalkavlagring s |
| | The inside of the pot was covered with a calcium scale. |
| scale n | (build-up on teeth) | tandsten s |
| | | plack s |
| | | beläggning s |
| | The molars were covered with plaque scale. |
| scale n | (bract) | fjäll s |
| | | skärmfjäll s |
| | The scale is often found just below a plant's flower. |
| scale n | (armour: metal plate) | platta s |
| | | blad s |
| | The soldier's armour was made up of many small scales of bronze. |
| scale n | (pan of weighing device) | vågskål s |
| | The jeweller put gold on the scale. |
| scale n as adj | (to a certain scale) | skalenlig adj |
| | We looked at scale drawings of the new building. |
| the scales npl | rare (sign of the zodiac: Libra) (stjärnbild) | Vågen s |
| | Jim's astrological sign is the scales. |
| scale⇒ vi | (snake: shed skin plaques) | ömsa skinn vitr + s |
| | | ömsa vitr |
| | The snake is ready to scale. |
| scale vi | (become encrusted) | få beläggning vtr + s |
| | | få avlagring vtr + s |
| | The taps became scaled. |
| scale [sth]⇒ vtr | (adjust dimensions) | avbilda skalenligt vtr + adv |
| | (förminskning) | skalenligt förminska adv + vtr |
| | (förstoring) | skalenligt förstora adv + vtr |
| | He scaled the model to one tenth of the final size. |
| scale [sth] vtr | (remove scales from: a fish) | fjälla vtr |
| | The fisherman scaled the fish he caught. |
| scale [sth] vtr | (remove plaque from: teeth) | ta bort plack vbal uttr |
| | | ta bort tandsten vbal uttr |
| | | ta bort beläggning vbal uttr |
| | (allmänt: ngt) | skrapa bort vtr partikel skj |
| | The dentist scaled the patient's teeth. |
| scale [sth] vtr | (form scale on) | belägga vtr |
| | | utgöra avlagring vtr + s |
| | Calcium scaled the bathtub. |
| Partikelverb |
WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
| scale back vi phrasal | (reduce, downsize) | skära ner vitr partikel |
| | | göra nedskärningar vtr + spl |
| | The company has to scale back in order to continue in business. |
scale [sth] down,
scale down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (reduce, downsize) | skära ner vitr partikel |
| | | göra nedskärningar vtr + spl |
scale up [sth],
scale [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | figurative (increase, upsize) (bildlig) | förstora vtr |
| | (bildlig) | blåsa upp vtr partikel oskj |
| | Now that the business is turning a profit, it is time to scale up operations. |