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skallas

English translation: head-butt

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Swedish term or phrase:skallas
English translation:head-butt
Entered by: dmesnier

23:46 Aug 10, 2016
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Swedish term or phrase: skallas
Last one of this series! Same sentence as before but the word I need help with verifying is "skallas". Is this head-butt? The only reference I could find for this was Icelandic. Thanks for your help!


De sa till henne att hon skulle gå därifrån och förklarade att hon inte fick komma tillbaka. Hon kom dock tillbaka och han avlägsnade henne igen tillsammans med kollegan XXXX. Han tog tag i hennes handled och satte en arm på axeln. Hon gjorde motstånd, hängde i dem, sparkade och försökte skallas.
dmesnier
United States
Local time: 14:14
head-butt
Explanation:
Entry no. 2 on Norstedts engelska ordbok – Professionell: "skalla ngn head-butt sb""
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Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 14:14
Grading comment
thanks for your help!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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5 +6head-butt
Charles Ek


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
head-butt


Explanation:
Entry no. 2 on Norstedts engelska ordbok – Professionell: "skalla ngn head-butt sb""

Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 14:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
thanks for your help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leif Ohman: Still need to add " them", to account for the ending "s": "S-et... uttrycker... att man blir föremål för en handling.", see http://blogg.dn.se/spraket/kategori/ordformer/ (need to scroll down)
1 hr
  -> Well, I took it as understood that the Swedish form would need some reworking in English.The meaning in the source is quite (distressingly) clear from the context. Your addition is not something I'd expect to have to include for a professional translator.
agree  Matt Bibby: Yep, she was trying to head-butt them.
7 hrs
agree  Tim Kynerd: "Head-butt" is correct.
12 hrs
agree  George Hopkins
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agree  Michele Fauble
21 hrs
agree  Deane Goltermann: Will join the crowd... Hi there!
3 days 10 hrs
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