"välja och vraka" meaning in Swedish

See välja och vraka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: väljer och vrakar [present], valde och vrakade [preterite], valt och vrakat [supine], välj och vraka [imperative]
Etymology: välja (“choose”) + och (“and”) + vraka (“reject”) Etymology templates: {{af|sv|välja|och|vraka|t1=choose|t2=and|t3=reject}} välja (“choose”) + och (“and”) + vraka (“reject”) Head templates: {{head|sv|verb|present|väljer och vrakar|preterite|valde och vrakade|supine|valt och vrakat|imperative|välj och vraka|head=välja och vraka}} välja och vraka (present väljer och vrakar, preterite valde och vrakade, supine valt och vrakat, imperative välj och vraka)
  1. (idiomatic) to (be able to) choose freely among a number of (desirable) options; to pick and choose, to be spoilt for choice Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-välja_och_vraka-sv-verb-7SC~SSwS Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for välja och vraka meaning in Swedish (2.0kB)

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