Slang for Food and Cravings
Informal Swedish about eating — with register notes.
Snack slang: sötsug and proppmätt, the guilty-pleasure ladder from lagom to äckligt sött — ending with kända sista ord: bara en till.
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käk
grub
Tip: Slang noun for food.
- 2
käka
to eat
Tip: Slang verb, very common.
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vräka i sig
to scoff
Tip: Informal, vivid.
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småäta
to nibble
Tip: Neutral-informal.
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ett mellanmål
a snack
Tip: Standard.
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en bit
a bite
Tip: Everyday.
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en tugga
a mouthful
Tip: Everyday.
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en macka
a sandwich
Tip: Very common informal.
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en bulle
a bun
Tip: Standard.
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en kopp
a cuppa
Tip: Everyday.
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ett sötsug
a sugar craving
Tip: Standard and widely used.
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ett saltsug
a salt craving
Tip: The other kind.
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utsvulten
starving
Tip: Emphatic.
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lite sugen
peckish
Tip: Everyday.
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proppmätt
stuffed
Tip: Informal.
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mätt
full
Tip: Standard.
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glupsk
greedy
Tip: Mildly critical.
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jättegott
delicious
Tip: Everyday praise.
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asgott
amazing
Tip: Slangy intensifier.
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äckligt
disgusting
Tip: Everyday.
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vidrigt
foul
Tip: Stronger.
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inget märkvärdigt
nothing special
Tip: Understated.
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faktiskt rätt gott
quite good actually
Tip: Understated praise.
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för sött
too sweet
Tip: Everyday.
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äckligt sött
sickly
Tip: Informal.
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lagom
just right
Tip: The untranslatable word.
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något gott
a treat
Tip: Everyday.
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en hemlig last
a guilty pleasure
Tip: Playful.
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skräpmat
junk food
Tip: Neutral-critical.
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snabbmat
fast food
Tip: Neutral.
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hämtmat
a takeaway
Tip: Standard.
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en kebab
a kebab
Tip: Standard.
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en korv med bröd
a hot dog
Tip: The Swedish classic.
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med mos
with mash
Tip: 'korv med mos'.
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en pizza
a pizza
Tip: Standard.
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med pizzasallad
with a cabbage salad
Tip: Uniquely Swedish.
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en hamburgare
a burger
Tip: Standard.
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en milkshake
a milkshake
Tip: Loan word.
- 39
läsk
fizzy drink
Tip: Standard informal.
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en läsk
a fizzy pop
Tip: Everyday.
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sockerfritt
sugar-free
Tip: Standard.
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dra ner
to cut down
Tip: Everyday.
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lägga av med det
to give it up
Tip: Informal.
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i en månad
for a month
Tip: Everyday.
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och sedan falla
and then relapse
Tip: Everyday.
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det är ju helg
it's the weekend
Tip: The universal excuse.
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en gör ingen skada
one won't hurt
Tip: The other one.
- 48
kända sista ord
famous last words
Tip: Jokey.
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okej då
go on then
Tip: Everyday.
- 50
bara en till
just one more
Tip: Everyday, and never true.