| Swedish > English |
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| apa |
| 1. n. A primate; ape, monkey. |
| (sv - De visade en dokumentär om apor på teve. - They showed a documentary about primates on TV.) |
| 2. n. (slang) A dumb or annoying person; idiot. |
| (sv - Vad gör den där jävla apan här? - What's that moron doing here?) |
| 3. n. (colloquial, idiomatic) A bad smell. |
| (sv - Det luktar apa här inne. - It smells terrible in here.) |
| 4. n. (nautical, historical) A sail on the main mast or mizzen mast of a sailing ship. |
| 5. v. To (attempt to) imitate without a sense of originality, usually with the particle efter; to ape, to monkey. |
| (sv - De apade bara efter det jag hade skrivit. - They just aped what I had written.) |
| 6. v. (reflexive) To behave in a whimsical or foolish manner; to clown around. |
| (sv - Hon apade sig inför hela klassen. - She monkeyed around in front of the whole class.) |
