Swedish adverb · verb
ba
pronunciation spelling of bara ("just, only")/bɑː/
ba as an adverb
Meaning
pronunciation spelling of bara ("just, only")
ba as a verb
Meaning
Used colloquially to indicate speech or action. Compare English be like, like.
Practise ba
1 / 1What does ba mean?
ba in a sentence
- Asså allt ba spåra' [spårade] direktY'know everything just went off the rails right away
- Ba gört [gör det]!Just do it!
Questions
What does ba mean in English?
ba means “pronunciation spelling of bara ("just, only")”.
Origin
Apocopic form of bara.
Nearby common words
ba is number 7,900 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 7,895prognos prognosis, prediction
- 7,897småprata chit-chat, to chat, to chit-chat (talk casually)
- 7,898krater a crater (astronomy: hemispherical pit)
- 7,899oerhörd tremendous, enormous
- 7,901långsökt far-fetched (difficult to believe), contrived (unnatural, forced)
- 7,902spaghetti spaghetti
- 7,903förklädd disguised
- 7,904bassäng basin; pool
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