Staying in the spirit of idioms from World Cup teams here’s one from Sweden and a rather pleasant one at that. Good luck in the rest of the games.
Today’s word is a Swedish word used in Sweden:
bortrest – gone travelling
Phrasebase has a decent sound library for several language translations. The downside is I couldn’t find the Swedish equivalent to the English words we already know in written form. I struck gold with this long list of words and phrases used in the country. It includes the good and the bad so be prepared. BBC has the usual mp3 download for the basics. One can find several Swedish radio stations listed here. As always there’s Lonely Planet and their handy pocket phrasebooks.
Past Swedish words: ett askfat, invandrare