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WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
| past prep | (beyond in position) | förbi prep |
| | | bortom prep |
| | I am a little past the pharmacy right now. |
| | Jag är strax bortom apoteket just nu. |
| past prep | (beyond in number) | över prep |
| | | efter prep |
| | He is past the retirement age for his company. |
| | Han var över pensionsåldern för sitt företag. |
| past n | (time gone by) | det förflutna s |
| | | förr s |
| | | förr i tiden uttr |
| | | dåtid s |
| | In the past, we used to wash our clothes by hand. |
| | Förr i tiden brukade vi tvätta våra kläder för hand. |
| past n | (personal history) | förgångna s |
| | | tidigare liv s |
| | | bakgrund s |
| | While he seemed like a nice person, he hid his past from everybody. |
| past n | (grammar: past tense) | imperfekt s |
| | The word "ate" is the past of "eat". |
| | Ordet "åt" är imperfekt av "äta". |
| past adj | (previous) | tidigare adj |
| | Past governments were not friendly to the press. |
| | Tidigare regeringar var inte vänligt stämda mot presskåren. |
| Ytterligare översättningar |
WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
| past adj | (done, over) | tidigare adj |
| | | förfluten adj |
| | (omodern) | överstånden adj |
| | Past events are over; let's concentrate on the present. |
| past adj | (former) | tidigare adj |
| | | föregående adj |
| | | före detta adj |
| | The three past Senators are no longer involved in government. |
| past adj | (recent) | senaste adj |
| | During the past few days, it has rained a lot. |
| past adj | dated (ago) | sedan adj |
| | He worked as a cook five years past. |
| past adj | (grammar) | imperfekt adj |
| | He uses the past tense incorrectly at times. |
| past adv | (by) | förbi adv |
| | He walked past the pharmacy. |
| past n | (background) | förgångna s |
| | | dåtid s |
| | | historien s |
| | The past helps to explain the present. |
| past prep | (time: after) | över prep |
| | | efter prep |
| | I'll see you at five past four this afternoon. |
| | It is past midnight. |
| past prep | (beyond) | utom prep |
| | The escaped convict is past the reach of the law. |
| | This quantity of food is well past what I'm used to consuming at a single meal. |
| past prep | (no longer able to) | bortom prep |
| | | över prep |
| | I'm way past staying up all night. |
| Partikelverb |
WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
| blaze past vi phrasal | figurative (move fast) | susa förbi vitr partikel |
| | The car blazed past in a cloud of exhaust fumes. |
| get past vi phrasal | (move beyond an obstruction) | komma förbi vitr partikel |
| | | ta sig förbi ngt vbal uttr |
| | Rocks had fallen on the road and we could not get past. |
| get past [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (move beyond: an obstruction) | ta sig förbi ngt vbal uttr |
| | | komma förbi ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | The driver was unable to get past the roadblock. |
| get past [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative, informal (recover from [sth] negative) | komma över ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | (bildlig) | ta sig förbi ngt vbal uttr |
| | I couldn't get past my disappointment that the trip had been cancelled. |
| look past [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (disregard, not be distracted by) | se bortom ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | | ha överseende med ngt vbal uttr |
| | It was difficult to look past the unsightly mole on his face. |
run [sth] by [sb],
run [sth] past [sb] vtr phrasal sep | informal (check [sth] with [sb]) | dubbelkolla ngt med ngn vtr + prep |
| | | kolla av ngt med ngn vbal uttr |
| | I'll run those dates by my boss to make sure he's available then. |
zoom past,
zoom by vi phrasal | figurative (go by fast) | svischa förbi vitr + prep |
| | A motorbike zoomed past as I was about to cross the road. |
| Sammansatta former: |
WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
| a quarter past expr | (time: fifteen minutes after) | kvart över s + prep |
| | He arrived at a quarter past nine. |
| blast from the past n | informal ([sth] unexpectedly nostalgic) (bildlig) | en gammal goding s |
| blaze past [sb/sth] vi + prep | figurative (pass rapidly) | susa förbi ngn/ngt vitr + prep |
| | (bildlig) | flyga förbi ngn/ngt vitr + prep |
| blaze past [sb/sth] vi + prep | figurative (sportsperson, team: defeat) | susa förbi ngn/ngt vitr + prep |
| | (bildlig) | flyga förbi ngn/ngt vitr + prep |
| | They blazed past the opposing team to win their first victory of the season. |
| cruise past [sth/sb] vi + prep | (pass by) | passera förbi ngn vitr + prep |
| | I motioned to the taxi driver to stop, but he cruised past me. |
| cruise past vi + adv | (pass) | köra förbi vitr + adv |
| | | passera vtr |
| | John waved from the car window as he cruised past. |
| distant past n | (a time long ago) | längesedan svunnen tid s |
| | | långt tillbaka i tiden uttr |
| | The light you see from stars is light from the distant past. |
flyover,
(US),
fly-past,
flypast (UK) n | (aircraft: flypast) | överflygning s |
| | The pilot did a flyover above the children's birthday party. |
| go past vi + adv | (pass by, move past) | passera vtr |
| | (om fordon) | köra om vitr partikel |
| | The crowd watched as the parade went past. |
| go past [sth/sb] vi + prep | (pass by) | passera ngt, passera ngn vitr |
| | Amy went past Joe's house on her way to the church. |
half past,
half prep | (thirty minutes after (the hour)) (exempel: halv två) | halv prep |
| | | 30 minuter över, trettio minuter över uttr |
| | School usually finishes at half past three, but today we finished at half two! |
| half past adj | informal (thirty minutes after (the hour)) (vardagligt) | halv adj |
| | | 30 minuter över, trettio minuter över uttr |
| | I finish work at 5, so I'll drop by to pick you up at about half past. |
| in the past adv | (previously) (vardagligt) | innan adv |
| | | förut adv |
| | In the past I always cycled to work but I live too far away now. |
| in the past adv | (long ago, in earlier times) (formell) | i det förflutna adv |
| | | för länge sen adv |
| | In the past, long before modern industrialization, all the work was done by hand. |
| not put [sth] past [sb] v expr | (think [sb] capable of doing [sth]) | inte bli förvånad över att ngn kan göra ngt vbal uttr |
past due,
past-due adj | (payment: overdue, late) | över tiden adj |
| | (formell) | förfallen adj |
| | (vardagligt) | för sen adj |
| Anmärkning: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| | Services will be reconnected when the past-due payment has been paid. |
| past master n | (sports, etc.: expert) | förra mästare s |
| | | regerande mästare s |
| | Golf's past masters include Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer. |
| a past master at [sth] n | (person: skilled) | en mästare på ngt uttr |
| | | en specialist på ngt uttr |
| | Don't believe a word he says. He's a past master at lying. |
| past participle n | (perfect-tense verb form) (grammatik) | perfekt particip s |
| | “Eaten” is the past participle of "eat". |
| past perfect n | (grammar: pluperfect, verb tense of action previously completed) (grammatik) | pluskvamperfekt s |
| | We use the past perfect to say that one action happened before another. |
| past tense n | (grammar: verb tense of past actions or states) | dåtid s |
| | | imperfekt s |
| | | perfekt s |
| | The past tense of the verb 'to walk' is 'walked'. |
| past time n | (period in history) | dåtid s |
| | (formell) | förgången tid adj + s |
| past-due account n | (unpaid debt) (allmän) | skuld s |
| | The past-due account will be reported to all national credit bureaus. |
| past-due bill n | (notice of late payment) | betalningsanmärkning s |
| | There was a mountain of past-due bills on the desk. |
| push your way to/through/past v expr | (move by shoving) | knuffa sig fram vbal uttr |
| | | trycka sig fram vbal uttr |
| | (bildlig) | slå sig fram vbal uttr |
| | He rudely pushed his way to the stage. |
| quarter past n | (fifteen minutes after the hour) | kvart över s + prep |
| | | femton minuter över uttr |
| | It's three o'clock now; I can stay here till quarter past. |
recent past,
the recent past n | (a time not long ago) | nära förflutet s |
roar by,
roar past vi + adv | figurative (vehicle: go past noisily) | dundra förbi vitr + adv |
| | The traffic on the motorway roared by. |
| simple past n | (grammatical tense: preterit) (grammatik) | preteritum s |
| | | dåtid s |
| walk past vi + adv | (go by on foot) | gå förbi vitr partikel |
| | | promenera förbi vitr partikel |
| | Every day, I sit at my window, watching the children walk past on their way to school. |
| walk past [sth/sb] vi + prep | (go by on foot) | gå förbi ngt/ngn vtr partikel oskj |
| | | promenera om ngt/ngn vtr partikel oskj |
| whistle past the graveyard v expr | US, figurative (put on a brave face) | inte visa några känslor uttr |
| | (bildlig) | ha stenansikte vtr + s |