English-Swedish translations for pale

  • blek
    Vi går rätt och slätt igenom förslagen i vad som är en blek skugga av ett parlament.We simply go through the motions in what is a pale shadow of a parliament. Jag beklagar att behöva säga att Lissabonfördraget är en blek skugga av vår Magna Carta.I am afraid to say that the Lisbon Treaty is a pale shadow of our Magna Carta. Det är kanske därför som Poettering såg lite blek ut, kanske är det överansträngning.Perhaps that is why Mr Poettering is looking a little pale, perhaps it is overwork.
  • stolpeen
  • bleknaEn miljökatastrof skulle få våra aktuella ekonomiska problem att blekna fullständigt.An environmental disaster would make our current economic problems pale into insignificance. Hans namn börjar med ?B?. Det är ju en förbrytartyp som får de småfiskar vi har utanför att blekna.There is of course a type of criminal beside whom the small fry we have outside the EU pale into insignificance.
  • ljusett
    Det ser ljust ut.

Definition of pale

  • Light in color
  • Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc
  • Feeble, faint
  • To turn pale; to lose colour
  • To become insignificant
  • To make pale; to diminish the brightness of
  • Paleness; pallor
  • A wooden stake; a picket
  • Fence made from wooden stake; palisade
  • Limits, bounds (especially before
  • The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase ''beyond the pale''
  • A vertical band down the middle of a shield
  • The jurisdiction of an authority
  • A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened
  • To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off

Examples

  • I have pale yellow wallpaper
  • She had pale skin because she didnt get much sunlight
  • His face turned pale after hearing about his mothers death
  • He is but a pale shadow of his former self.

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