som bara den

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps originally in the sense of "as only it [is/does/etc.]" and then taken as and generalized to a generic intensifier.

Adverb

som bara den (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) extremely, crazy, (except not even slightly vulgar) as hell
    Björnen var stor som bara den!
    The bear was crazy big!
    springa snabbt som bara den
    run crazy fast
  2. (colloquial) with great intensity, like crazy
    Vi rodde som bara den för att komma bort från sjöodjuret
    We rowed like crazy to get away from the lake monster

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