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WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
| love n | uncountable (affection) | kärlek s |
| | Love is perhaps the most important human emotion. |
| | Kärlek är kanske den viktigaste mänskliga känslan. |
| love n | uncountable (romantic feelings) | kärlek s |
| | (sexuellt) | lust s |
| | You could see her love for him in her eyes. |
| | Man kan se hennes kärlek för honom i hennes ögon. |
| love [sb]⇒ vtr | (feel affection for) | älska vtr |
| | Of course I love my mother. |
| | Självklart så älskar jag min mamma. |
| love [sb] vtr | (be fond of) | älska vtr |
| | (svagare än: älska) | tycka mycket om vbal uttr |
| | I love Jane. She's always such fun to be with! |
| | Jag älskar Jane. |
| love [sb] vtr | (have romantic feelings for) | älska vtr |
| | You can tell that she loves her boyfriend by the look on her face. |
| | Man kan se på hennes ansiktsuttryck att hon älskar sin pojkvän. |
| love [sth]⇒ vtr | (like strongly) | älska vtr |
| | I love basketball. |
| | Jag älskar basket. |
love doing [sth],
love to do [sth] v expr | (activity: enjoy) | älska vtr |
| | I love jogging in the park when the weather is warm. |
| | Jag älskar att jogga i parken när det är varmt väder. |
| love n | (lover) | kärlek s |
| | | älskare s |
| | She was my first love. |
| | Hon var min första kärlek. |
| love interj | informal (affectionate term) | älskling s |
| | | raring, sötnos s |
| | Can you give me the remote control, please, love? |
| | Kan du ge mig fjärrkontrollen är du snäll, älskling? |
| love interj | UK, informal (friendly term of address) | älsking s |
| | | sötnos, raring s |
| | When I got to the bar, the barman asked me, "What would you like, love?" |
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WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
| calf love n | figurative (teenage infatuation) | tonårskärlek s |
| Anmärkning: Det finns ingen exakt översättning. |
fall head over heels,
fall head over heels in love v expr | figurative (fall in love) (bildlig) | bli upp över öronen förälskad vbal uttr |
| | | falla handlöst vitr + adv |
| | After knowing him for just two weeks I'd fallen head over heels. |
| fall head over heels in love with [sb] v expr | figurative (fall in love) (bildlig) | bli upp över öronen förälskad i ngn vbal uttr |
| | | falla handlöst för ngn vbal uttr |
| | Juliet fell head over heels in love with Romeo. |
| fall in love v expr | (couple: become infatuated) | bli kär vtr + s |
| | | förälska sig vitr + refl |
| | The couple fell in love when they were in college. |
| fall in love v expr | (become infatuated: with [sb]) | bli kär vtr + s |
| | | förälska sig vtr + refl |
| | Gina falls in love every five minutes! |
| fall in love with [sb] v expr | (become infatuated with [sb]) | bli kär i ngn vbal uttr |
| | | förälska sig i ngn vbal uttr |
| | I think I fell in love with him the very first time we met. |
| fall in love at first sight v expr | (become infatuated with a stranger) | bli kär vid första ögonkastet vbal uttr |
| | As soon as I saw him across the dancefloor, I fell in love at first sight. |
| first love n | (first romantic partner) | första kärlek s |
| | | första förälskelse s |
| I love you interj | (declaration of strong affection) | Jag älskar dig interj |
| | I love you, Mom! |
| I love you interj | (declaration of strong romantic feelings) | Jag älskar dig interj |
| | I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. |
| I love you so much interj | (great affection) | Jag älskar dig så mycket interj |
| | (vardagligt) | Jag älskar dig jättemycket interj |
| | I love you so much that I can't stand to be apart from you. |
| be in love vi + adj | (infatuated) | vara kär vitr + adj |
| | | vara förälskad vitr + adj |
| | People who are in love never listen to anyone else's advice. |
| | The two of them are in love, and they spend every moment together. |
| be in love with [sb] v expr | (be infatuated) | vara förälskad i ngn vbal uttr |
| | (vardagligt) | vara kär i ngn vbal uttr |
| | He's so thoughtful! I am in love with him. |
| be in love with [sth] v expr | figurative (be very keen) (bildlig) | vara förälskad i ngt vbal uttr |
| | | vara kär i ngt vbal uttr |
| | | ha en förkärlek för ngt vbal uttr |
| | He is in love with the sound of his own voice. |
ladylove,
lady-love,
lady love n | poetic or humorous (female lover, girlfriend) | älskarinna s |
| | | flickvän s |
| Lots of love expr | (for signing off a letter) | mycket kärlek uttr |
| love affair n | (romantic relationship) | kärleksaffär s |
| | (vardagligt) | affär s |
| | She's having a love affair with a married man. |
| love affair n | figurative (intense liking for) (bildlig) | kärleksaffär s |
| | Her love affair with all things Japanese started two years ago after holidaying there. |
| love at first sight n | (instant romantic attraction to [sb]) | kärlek vid första ögonkastet s |
| | When Harry met Sally it wasn't love at first sight; they fell in love some years later. |
| love child n | slang (illegitimate offspring) (kränkande, vardagligt) | oäkting s |
| | | kärleksbarn s |
| | That girl is a love child; she has never met her father. |
| Love from adv | (letter: affectionate sign-off) | med kärlek från adv |
| | | mycket kärlek adv |
| love handles n | slang, figurative (fat midriff) | kärlekshandtag s |
| | It's time to start exercising my abs and obliques; my love handles are getting noticeable! |
| love interest n | (romantic role in story) (bildlig) | kärleksintresse s |
| | The actor plays the love interest in the film. |
| love life | (relationships) | kärleksliv s |
| | | relationer spl |
| love story n | (story about a romantic relationship) | kärlekshistoria s |
| | "Romeo and Juliet" is a tragic love story. |
| make love v expr | (have sex) | älska vitr |
| | | ha sex vtr + s |
| | The survey found that the average couple make love three times a week. |
| make love not war interj | (pacifist slogan of the 1960s) (fredsslogan) | make love not war vbal uttr |
| | 'Make love not war' was the best-known slogan of the hippy movement. |
| my love n | informal (affectionate term) | älskling s |
| | (till män) | gubben s |
| | (till kvinnor) | gumman s |
| | Are you coming my love? |
| no love lost n | (mutual dislike) (ungefärlig översättning) | som inte tål att se varandra s |
| | There's no love lost between those two. They've always hated each other. |
puppy love,
calf love n | figurative (adolescent infatuation) | tonårskärlek, tonårsförälskelse s |
| | The two teenagers had a case of puppy love. |
| tough love n | (harsh treatment of [sb] to help them) | sträng och hård behandling av närstående - |
| Anmärkning: Det finns ingen exakt översättning. |
| | When Mariam lost her brand new phone, her parents showed tough love by insisting she get a part-time job to buy herself a replacement. |
| true love n | (romantic infatuation) | äkta kärlek adj + s |
| | | sann kärlek adj + s |
| | Anyone could see it was true love between the couple; they couldn't take their eyes off each other. |
| true love n | (fated romantic partner) | sanna kärlek adj + s |
| | | själsfrände s |
| | After eighteen years apart she was reunited with her true love. |
| with love expr | (affectionately) | med kärlek uttr |
| | | mycket kärlek uttr |
| with love expr | (used to sign off affectionately) | med kärlek uttr |
| | | mycket kärlek uttr |
| would love v expr | (used to request or accept [sth]) (mottagande) | tack gärna uttr |
| | (frågande) | kan jag be att få uttr |
| | (vard, efterfrågan eller svar) | det skulle sitta bra uttr |
| | I would love a cup of coffee, thank you. |