What does kalla för in Swedish mean?

What is the meaning of the word kalla för in Swedish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use kalla för in Swedish.

The word kalla för in Swedish means call, kalla, kalla ngn för ngt, benämna, kalla, kalla, kalla, kalla, kalla, kalla, kalla, benämna, kalla, stämma, kalla på ngn, kalla fram, kalla ngn ngt, kalla ngn till ngt, källa, inkalla, ursprung, emittor, källa, källa, springbrunn, källa, källa, källa, källa, källa, ropa på ngn, informationskälla, källa, källa, ursprung, felbenämna, kalla på hjälp, referens, källa, ursprung, källa, källa, källa, källa, början, källa, källa, stämma, kalla på, kunskapskälla, visdomskälla, källa, källa, ursprung till källa, källa, underverk, under, source. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word kalla för

call

kalla

(flower: lily) (botanik)

kalla ngn för ngt

(give nickname)

Patricia's classmates dubbed her four-eyes, because she wore glasses.

benämna

(give a name)

The author entitled his work, "Great Expectations."

kalla

(call: sb sth) (vardagligt)

Folk kallar Emely för "Drottningen" för att hon alltid får som hon vill.
People refer to Emily as "The Queen" because she always gets her way.

kalla

(summon)

Kalla in nästa kandidat, tack.
Call the next candidate, please.

kalla

(call, name informally)

Tom nicknamed his little brother "Fish" because he spent the entire summer in the pool.

kalla

(label)

How dare you call me a cheat!

kalla

(informal (consider)

I call it a scandal.

kalla

(convene)

They've called a meeting for tomorrow morning.

kalla

(attract)

The sea was calling him.

benämna

(express)

It all depends on how you want to term it; is it cheap or is it inexpensive?

kalla

(figurative (call)

The media labelled Chamberlain's policy "appeasement".

stämma

(often passive (serve a summons)

He was processed with a summons to appear in court by the police.

kalla på ngn

(call, summon to do)

The king beckoned his servant to bring him a drink.

kalla fram

(summon)

The magistrate bid the defendant to approach the bench.

kalla ngn ngt

(often passive (name sb sth)

Bebisen är uträknad tills om tre veckor, men vi vet inte vad vi ska kalla den.
The baby's due in three weeks but we don't know what to call her.

kalla ngn till ngt

(summon to religious vocation) (religiös)

God called him to the priesthood.

källa

(figurative (person who transmits sth) (bildlig)

Violet believes herself to be a conduit for communication from the spiritual world.

inkalla

(call together)

ursprung

(origins, source)

The derivation of the word "afford" is Old English.

emittor

(sth giving off electrical signal)

The probe is an emitter of electricity that connects with the generator.

källa

(figurative (rich source) (poetiskt)

Bill is a font of information about local history.

källa, springbrunn

(fountain)

källa

(figurative (source: of knowledge, etc.)

källa

(source of a stream)

We came upon a fountainhead while hiking up the mountain and filled out water bottles.

källa

(figurative (plentiful source) (bildlig)

Ask Jennie about computers; she's a fountainhead of knowledge.

källa

(large store of sth: knowledge, etc.) (bildlig)

This biologist has a fund of knowledge on insect anatomy.

källa

(river source)

The head of this river is a small stream in the Rocky Mountains.

ropa på ngn

(US, informal (shout, call out)

Someone hollered my name but I couldn't find them.

informationskälla, källa

(figurative (source)

Social networking sites are massive lodes of data for data miners.

källa, ursprung

(base of development)

The nail grows out of the matrix at the base of the nail.

felbenämna

(name incorrectly) (formell)

kalla på hjälp

(call for help) (även ej över radio)

One of the climbers had fallen and broken his leg, so their guide radioed for help.

referens

(work consulted)

The report cited several references.

källa, ursprung

(figurative (origin, source) (vardagligt)

Källan (or: Ursprunget) till problemet är att Lauren helt enkelt inte kan se Tinas ståndpunkt.
The root of the problem is that Lauren simply can't see Tina's point of view.

källa

(origin) (bildlig)

Vad är källan till den här informationen?
What is the source of this information?

källa

(cause) (bildlig)

Det där barnet är en källa till stor glädje för hela familjen.
That child is a source of great joy for the whole family.

källa

(reference, book)

Encyclopaedia Britannica är en respekterad referenskälla.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica is a respected reference source.

källa

(journalism)

Artikeln citerade tre hemliga källor inom regeringen.
The article quoted three secret sources within the government.

början

(beginning of a stream, river)

Källan till den där floden ligger i bergen.
The source of that river is in the mountains.

källa

(physics: of a wave)

The change in frequency of a wave in relation to an observer moving relative to the source of the wave gives rise to the Doppler effect.

källa

(water)

They brought water from the spring.

stämma

(US (law: summon as witness)

The prosecutor subpoenaed three police officers.

kalla på

(call: a person)

Jim summoned a doctor when his son's fever got worse.

kunskapskälla, visdomskälla

(figurative (source of guidance) (bildligt)

This inspiring woman is a torch, lighting the way for future generations.

källa

(source of a well)

källa

(figurative (fountainhead, primary source) (bildlig)

ursprung till källa

(source of a spring, stream)

källa

(figurative (inexhaustible source) (bildlig)

John is a wellspring of knowledge.

underverk, under

(cause of amazement) (om något fantastiskt)

This baby has been such a wonder for us.

source

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