What does smula in Swedish mean?

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

The word smula in Swedish means crumb, smula, smula, munsbit, bit, smula, uns, gnutta, pulvrisera, partikel, bråkdel, munsbit, gnutta, bit, smula, aning, smula, smula, klick, smula, lite, lite, litet, lite, en aning, en gnutta, en smula, krossa, en bit av ngt, falla sönder, smula sönder ngt, ett uns, en smula av ngt, hårsmån, en gnutta av ngt, en smula av ngt, en aning, gnutta, en smula, en gnutta av ngt, en aning, en smula. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word smula

crumb

smula

(often plural (tiny piece of baked food)

The children threw crumbs to the birds.

smula

(informal (small amount)

“Would you like some milk in it?” - “Just a tad, thanks.”

munsbit, bit

(piece of food)

The hospital patient could only eat a few morsels at dinner.

smula, uns

(small amount)

What you're telling me doesn't have a modicum of truth to it.

gnutta

(figurative (miniscule amount)

We poured over every tittle of data but still could not find the error.

pulvrisera

(pulverize)

Den gamla kvarnen användes för att mala vete på artonhundratalet.
The old windmill was used to grind wheat back in the 19th century.

partikel

(tiny piece)

There's a particle of something black in the bread.

bråkdel

(tiny part) (liten del)

Only a fraction of the population believes that global warming is not real.

munsbit

(figurative (tidbit, piece of information) (bildlig)

Wow, where did you hear that juicy morsel?

gnutta

(US, dialect (small amount)

bit, smula

(usually plural (cacao or coffee bean piece)

Lucila put half a cup of cacao nibs in the cookies.

aning

(tiny amount, trace)

Laura thought she could taste a suspicion of cinnamon in the cookies.

smula

(small amount)

John is staying home from work today because he has a touch of fever.

smula

(small sum) (liten mängd)

Everyone gave their mite to the good cause.

klick

(small amount)

Add a dot of butter.

smula

(a little bit) (liten mängd)

The boy was looking hungrily at my sandwich, so I gave him a mite.

lite

(UK, informal (a little)

Run around a bit and you'll soon warm up.

lite, litet

(slightly)

Jag är lite full, men jag är inte alls utslagen.
I am a little drunk, but in no way incapacitated.

lite

(informal (slightly)

I'm just a little bit dizzy. It was a little bit cheeky of me to ask … but I asked anyway.

en aning

(informal (slightly)

Aren't you a mite too old to be watching cartoons?

en gnutta

(figurative (tiny amount)

It's a cliché, but there's a smidgen of truth in it.

en smula

(a little, slightly) (bildlig)

Could you move your chair to the left a smidgen?

krossa

(figurative, informal, often passive (sport, etc.: defeat) (bildlig)

The other team annihilated us 5-0.

en bit av ngt

(small amount)

Jag la till en smula kanel till receptet.
I added a bit of cinnamon to the recipe.

falla sönder

(fall apart)

Old houses crumbled during the earthquake.

smula sönder ngt

(break apart)

Molly crumbled the bread with her fingers.

ett uns

(small amount)

Det finns bara ett uns av hopp att någon fortfarande är vid livet i gruvan.
There is just a degree of hope that somebody is still alive in the mine.

en smula av ngt

(countable, figurative (tiny amount) (bildlig)

Every myth has a grain of truth.

hårsmån

(not countable (tiny measure of sthg) (sträcka eller mängd)

The window cracked just a hair.

en gnutta av ngt

(informal (little bit)

If you had a jot of decency, you would apologise to him.

en smula av ngt

(a little bit of)

Would it hurt you to show me a mite of consideration?

en aning

(figurative (somewhat, a little) (vardagligt)

My brother's a shade taller than me. Julia moved her wheelchair a shade closer to the table.

gnutta

(hint, small amount of sth) (vardagligt)

There's a shade of oregano in this sauce.

en smula

(informal (small amount) (bildligt)

Please move over a tad so that I can sit down.

en gnutta av ngt

(UK, informal (small amount) (vardagligt)

I'm not much of a drinker but I'll have just a wee bit of whisky.

en aning, en smula

(UK, informal (little, slightly)

Mexican food is a wee bit spicier than I'm used to.

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