Swedish adverb· top 500 most common
lika
equalAlso the plural of lik.
Meaning
equal
In Swedish: av samma grad el. mått el. storlek etc
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lika in a sentence
- lika lön för lika arbeteequal pay for equal work
- hans chanser är lika med nollhis chances are practically zero
- du kan lika gärna gåyou may as well go
- han är lika gammal som jaghe is just as old as I am
- De är lika fulaThey are equally ugly
- Vi tänker likaWe think alike
Words built with lika
- likasinnad like-minded
Questions
What does lika mean in English?
lika means “equal”.
Similar words
Origin
From Old Norse líka, from Proto-Germanic *līkāną, *galīkāną.
Nearby common words
lika is number 395 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary