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WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
| cold adj | (low in temperature) | kall adj |
| | | kylig adj |
| | Laura dipped one foot into the cold water of the lake. |
| | Laura doppade en fot i sjöns kalla vatten. |
| cold adj | (person: not warm) | kall adj |
| | (formell) | nerkyld adj |
| | | frusen adj |
| | She trudged home, cold and tired. |
| | ⓘDen här meningen är inte en översättning av den engelska meningen. Jag är frusen. Jag ska sätta på mig en tröja. |
| be cold vi + adj | (weather: uncomfortably low temperature) | frysa vitr |
| | | känna sig kall vbal uttr |
| | | vara frusen vtr + adj |
| | Put your coat on; it is cold outside today. |
| | ⓘDen här meningen är inte en översättning av den engelska meningen. Jag fryser, så jag ska göra lite te. |
| be cold vi + adj | (feel lack of heat) | frysa vitr |
| | | känna sig kall vbal uttr |
| | | vara frusen vtr + adj |
| | I'm cold; please would you close the window? |
| | Jag fryser. Skulle du kunna stänga fönstret, tack? |
| cold adj | (unheated) | kall adj |
| | No, I don't need the microwave; I like to eat cold leftover pizza. |
| | Nej, jag behöver inte mikrovågsugnen. Jag gillar att äta kall, överbliven pizza. |
| cold adj | (chilled) | kall adj |
| | | kall- adj |
| | | kyld adj |
| | (mycket kall) | is-, iskall adj |
| | I prefer to drink cold water. |
| | Jag föredrar att dricka kallt vatten. |
| cold n | uncountable (lack of heat) (låg temperatur) | kyla s |
| | (mycket låg temperatur) | köld s |
| | Many Alaskans do not mind the cold. |
| | Många personer från Alaska har inget emot kylan. |
| cold n | (common virus: head cold) | förkylning s |
| | You can tell Simon has a cold because his nose is bright red. |
| | Man kan se att Simon har en förkylning eftersom hans näsa är knallröd. |
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WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
| cold adj | figurative (unfriendly) (bildlig) | kall, kylig, sval adj |
| | | känslokall adj |
| | | kallsinnig adj |
| | | ovänlig adj |
| | While he is cold in public, those who know him understand that he is still a nice person. |
| cold adj | figurative (indifferent) (bildlig) | kall, kylig, sval adj |
| | | ointresserad adj |
| | My boss was cold to my idea of a new product line. |
| cold adj | (dead) | död adj |
| | | livlös adj |
| | When the police arrived, they discovered two cold bodies. |
| cold adj | informal (out cold: unconscious) | medvetslös adj |
| | (vardaglig) | avtuppad adj |
| | The boxer was knocked cold and the match was stopped. |
| cold adj | figurative (rational, unemotional) (bildlig) | kall, kylig, sval adj |
| | | kallsinnig adj |
| | | objektiv adj |
| | The judge's cold reasoning followed the law but enraged the victim's family. |
| cold adj | figurative (sexually: frigid) (bildlig) | sval, kall, kylig adj |
| | | avvisande adj |
| | He wanted to make love to her, but found her very cold. |
| cold adj | figurative (far from target) | fel adj |
| | | felaktig adj |
| | (vardaglig) | kall adj |
| | His guesses at the answer continued to be cold. He really had no idea. |
| cold adj | figurative (unprepared) | ouppvärmd adj |
| | | oförberedd adj |
| | | ej redo adj |
| | He's not ready to go into the game. He's still cold. |
| cold adv | (unprepared) | oförberett asv |
| | (fysiskt) | ouppvärmt adv |
| | When the star player was injured, his backup went in cold. He had no time to get ready. |
| cold adv | (unintroduced) | oförberett adv |
| | | utan förvarning prep + s |
| | | utan introduktion, utan inbjudan prep + s |
| | | på eget initiativ uttr |
| | The salesman was given no leads, and had to call potential customers cold. |
| cold adv | US (completely) | helt, totalt adv |
| | | tvärt adv |
| | He stopped cold after seeing the body. |
| Sammansatta former: |
WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
| bad cold n | (severe cold virus) | svår förkylning, kraftig förkylning s |
| | She's home with a bad cold. |
| bitter cold n | (weather: freezing) | bitter kyla s |
| | | kallt väder s |
| | The older she gets, the less she can tolerate the bitter cold. |
catch a cold,
catch cold,
take a cold v expr | (contract cold virus) | dra på sig en förkylning vbal uttr |
| | | bli förkyld vtr + adj |
| | If you go out in this rain without a coat you're liable to catch a cold. |
catch your death,
catch your death of cold v expr | informal (catch a bad cold) | bli riktigt förkyld vbal uttr |
| cold brew n | (coffee made with cool water) | kallbryggning s |
| cold brew adj | (coffee: made with cool water) | kallbryggt adj |
| cold call n | (unsolicited sales visit or phone call) | oanmält säljsamtal adj + s |
| | | anmält säljbesök adj + s |
| | I got my start in sales by making door-to-door cold calls. |
| cold calling n | (making unsolicited sales calls) | det att ringa oanmäld som försäljare - |
| Anmärkning: Det finns ingen exakt översättning. |
| | Do you prefer to make your sales contacts by cold calling or direct mail? |
| cold cash n | (currency) | kontanter spl |
| | | rena pengar s |
| | (vardagligt) | cash s |
| | Davis paid the workers in cold cash. |
| cold cuts npl | chiefly US (meat served cold) | kallskuret subst adj |
| | The buffet included a selection of cold cuts. |
| cold feet n | (loss of courage) (bildlig) | kalla fötter adj + spl |
| | Everyone gets nervous before their wedding; it's just cold feet. |
| cold fish n | figurative, informal (person: unfriendly) (bildlig) | kall typ adj + s |
| | | kylig person adj + s |
| | She's such a cold fish that she wouldn't even talk to me when I said hello. |
| cold-shoulder [sb]⇒ vtr | informal, figurative (snub) (bildlig) | ge ngn en kalldusch vbal uttr |
| | | avfärda vtr |
| | | nobba vtr |
| cold snap n | (period: cold weather) | köldknäpp s |
| | The recent cold snap killed my tomato plants. |
| cold sore n | (herpes on lip) | munsår s |
| | | herpessår s |
| | I never kiss anyone with a cold sore. |
| cold spell n | (period of cold weather) | köldknäpp, köldperiod s |
| | After the heat wave there was a cold spell, much to everyone's relief |
| cold turkey n | (leftover turkey meat served cold) | kallt kalkonkött adj + s |
| | Since Christmas we have been eating cold turkey sandwiches every day. |
| cold turkey n | figurative (sudden withdrawal from [sth] addictive) | tvärstopp s |
| | (lånord) | cold turkey s |
| | Some people believe that cold turkey is the only way to beat addiction. |
| cold turkey adv | (abruptly, without support) (utan avvänjning) | tvärt adv |
| | | cold turkey adv |
| | He quit smoking, and he did it cold turkey. |
| cold turkey adj | (abrupt and sudden) (utan avvänjning) | tvärstopps- adj |
| | | cold turkey adj |
| | Cold turkey withdrawal from any drug is very difficult. |
| the Cold War n | (hostility: Soviet Union and West) | kalla kriget s |
| | Many people were believed to be spies during the Cold War. |
| cold war n | (hostility short of armed warfare) (bildlig) | kallt krig adj + s |
| | | spänd situation adj + s |
| cold war n | figurative (on-going veiled antagonism) (bildlig) | kallt krig adj + s |
| cold wave n | (period of extremely cold weather) | köldvåg s |
| | The weather bureau forecast a cold wave. |
| cold wave n | (hairdressing: type of perm) | kallpermanent s |
| cold weather n | (chilly conditions) | kallt väder, kyligt väder adj + s |
| Anmärkning: A hyphen is used when the term is a modifier. |
| | We are going north, so prepare for cold weather! |
cold weather,
cold-weather n as adj | (for chilly conditions) (förled) | kallväders- adj |
cold-blooded,
also US: coldblooded adj | (animal) | kallblodig adj |
| Anmärkning: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
| | Cold-blooded animals can't regulate their body heat like warm-blooded animals do. |
cold-blooded,
also US: coldblooded adj | figurative (person: emotionless) (bildlig) | kallblodig adj |
| | | hjärtlös adj |
| | | kall adj |
| | | okänslig adj |
| Anmärkning: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
| | They say the convict is a cold-blooded killer. |
cold-blooded,
also US: coldblooded adj | figurative (act: cruel, showing no mercy) (bildlig) | kallblodig adj |
| | | känslolös adj |
| | | hjärtlös adj |
| Anmärkning: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
| | The massacre was a cold-blooded, ruthless act. |
coldhearted (US),
cold-hearted (UK) adj | (lacking compassion) (bildlig) | kallhjärtad adj |
| | | känslolös adj |
| | The way they went in and grabbed their mother's stuff seemed pretty cold-hearted. |
| common cold n | (cold virus) | förkylning s |
| | There's no cure for the common cold. |
| freezing cold n | (sub-zero temperatures) | frost s |
| | | minusgrader adj |
| | | iskyla s |
| | All my delicate plants died last night in the freezing cold. |
| freezing cold adj | figurative (extremely cold) | iskall adj |
| | (bildlig) | bitande adj |
| | She may have a warm heart but on the outside she's freezing cold. |
| get cold feet v expr | figurative, informal (abandon [sth] due to anxiety) (bildlig) | få kalla fötter vbal uttr |
| | He was starting to get cold feet about the wedding. |
| give [sb] the cold shoulder v expr | figurative, informal (snub) (bildlig) | behandla ngn som luft vbal uttr |
| | | ignorera vtr |
| | After the incident, they all gave her the cold shoulder. |
| go cold turkey v expr | (addiction: quit abruptly) | sluta abrupt vitr + adv |
| | He was shivering and sweating because he had no money to buy more drugs and was going cold turkey. |
| grow cold vi + adj | (weather) | bli kall vitr + adj |
| | After nightfall, the desert really grows cold. |
| grow cold vi + adj | figurative (feelings) (bildlig: om känslor) | svalna vitr |
| | Selena's love for Eric had grown cold. |
| have a cold v expr | (be suffering from the cold virus) | vara förkyld vtr + s |
| | I don't feel like going out today because I have a cold. |
have [sth] down cold,
also US: have [sth] down pat v expr | US, informal (know, understand [sth] completely) | kunna ngt perfekt vbal uttr |
| | She scored 100% on her Spanish test because she had the conjugations down cold. |
| have [sb] down cold v expr | US, informal (understand [sb]'s character) | översättning ej tillgänglig |
| in cold blood adv | figurative (without emotion) (bildlig) | kallblodigt adv |
| | (litterärt) | med berått mod adv |
| | The gunman killed his victim in cold blood. |
| in the cold light of day expr | figurative (objectively, dispassionately) | precis som ngt är uttr |
| | | objektiv adj |
| | | opartisk adj |