What does svona in Icelandic mean?

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

The word svona in Icelandic means so, so-so, thus. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word svona

so

adverbconjunction (in a particular manner)

Væri þessi gítar ekki svona dýr gæti ég keypt hann.

If that guitar were not so expensive, I could buy it.

so-so

adjective (neither good nor bad)

thus

adverb

Viđ skipun snũr höfuđiđ ūangađ, hattinum er miđađ ūangađ og skotiđ er svona af byssunni.

On the command, the head is turned thus, the hat is aimed thus, the gun is fired thus.

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Svona nú, fröken Day.

Yeah, come on, Miss Day.

Láttu ekki svona

Get the fuck outta here

Vertu ekki svona óörugg

Don' t be so insecure

Vildi ađ ég gæti alltaf splæst svona á ūig.

Wish I had the money to treat you like this all the time.

Ekki vera alltaf svona kátur.

Don't be so happy all the time.

Láttu ekki svona, Jody

Come on, Jody

Svona lítur vikan út.

Here's what's coming up this week.

Svona nú, Sam, Svarađu,

Come on, Sam.

Ef ūær vilja svona verđa ūær ađ sũna píkurnar.

They want these, they gotta show bush.

Ég hélt ūiđ kæmuđ alltaf saman á svona uppákomur.

I thought you always come to these things together.

Svona elskan.

OK, sweetie.

Hver mundi gera svona lagađ?

Who would go and do that?

Hvernig samhæfa milljónir blindra vinnumaura krafta sína til að reisa svona snilldarlega gerðar byggingar?

How do millions of blind workers coordinate their efforts to build such ingeniously designed structures?

Ūessi hluti lætur sporđinn hreyfast svona.

This part is making the tail kind of go like that.

Ég myndi vilja sjá tæfuna sem fór svona illa með þig

I want to meet the bitch that fucked you up

Ekki tala svona hratt.

Don't speak so fast.

Svona man ég einmitt eftir ūví.

That's exactly how I remember it.

Svona mikil blásýra myndi eitra fyrir fjórðungi þeirra sem nota jarðlestina á háannatímanum

That much cyanide would poison a quarter...... of the rush- hour subway crowd

Svona jâ, einmitt.

All right, that's it.

Svona já.

There you go.

Láttu ekki svona, Des.

Come on, Des.

Veit erkibiskupinn af Kantaraborg ađ ūú talar svona?

The Archbishop of Canterbury know you talk like this?

Það hljómar svona: „Ég segi yður: Getið þér ímyndað yður, að þér heyrið rödd Drottins segja við yður á þessum degi: Komið til mín, þér blessaðir, því að sjá, verk yðar á yfirborði jarðar hafa verið réttlætisverk?“

It reads, “I say unto you, can you imagine to yourselves that ye hear the voice of the Lord, saying unto you, in that day: Come unto me ye blessed, for behold, your works have been the works of righteousness upon the face of the earth?”

Heldurđu ađ ūetta fķlk myndi vera svona ķeigingjarnt ūegar líf ūess var í húfi?

You believe those people would behave so selflessly... knowing that their own lives were at stake?

Hérna, taktu eitt svona.

Here, take one of these.

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