gal II homograph 2

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. mentalt forstyrret, vettløs, fra seg mentally disturbed, out of one's mind, beside oneself
   • hun må være splitter gal she must be stark raving mad
   • er du gal! are you out of your mind!
   • med alderen ble han bare galere og galere as he got older he only grew madder and madder
2. vill (4)wild, ustyrliguncontrollable, unruly, ungovernable wildvill (4), uncontrollableustyrlig
   • bli vill og gal to go wild and crazy
3. være sterkt interessert eller forelsket i to be strongly interested in or infatuated with
   • være gal etter noen to be crazy about someone
   • gal etter å spille golf mad about playing golf
   as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som fartsgalspeed-crazy, mad about speed, guttegalboy-crazy, wild about boys
4. ikke korrekt;
   feil (II, 1)wrong, uriktigincorrect, wrong, untrue not correct;
   wrongfeil (II, 1), untrueuriktig
   • her var noe riv ruskende galt there was something completely wrong here
   • gå i gal retning to go in the wrong direction
   • få gale opplysninger to be given incorrect information
   brukt som adverb used as an adverb

   • klokka gikk galt the clock was keeping the wrong time
5. ikke bra;
   uheldigunlucky · unfortunate · bad, illebadly · bad · terribly not good;
   unfortunateuheldig, badille
   • det var en gal ting å si, ingen tvil om det that was a bad thing to say, no doubt about it
   brukt som adverb used as an adverb

   • bære galt av sted to end badly
   • gå galt to go wrong
6. ulovlig, moralsk klanderverdig unlawful, morally reprehensible
   • gjøre noe galt to do something wrong
   • det er galt å stjele it is wrong to steal
   • det var galt av deg that was wrong of you
   • komme på gale veier to go astray
   • hva har jeg egentlig gjort deg galt? what have I actually done to wrong you?

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