Afrikaans–English dictionary
English translation of the Afrikaans word swaar
| Afrikaans | English (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
| ; onerous ; stodgy ; ponderous | ||
heavily |
| Afrikaans | English |
|---|---|
| swaar | ⇆ arduous; ⇆ big; ⇆ cumbersome; ⇆ cumbrous; ⇆ dead; ⇆ deep; ⇆ difficult; ⇆ full‐bodied; ⇆ grave; ⇆ gross; ⇆ hard; ⇆ heavily; ⇆ heavy; ⇆ hefty; ⇆ hulking; ⇆ hulky; ⇆ laboured; ⇆ laboursome; ⇆ large; ⇆ lumpish; ⇆ massive; ⇆ massy; ⇆ onerous; ⇆ operose; ⇆ ponderous; ⇆ rich; ⇆ severe; ⇆ signally; ⇆ sore; ⇆ stiff; ⇆ stodgy; ⇆ stout; ⇆ strenuous; ⇆ strong; ⇆ thick; ⇆ toilsome; ⇆ unwieldy; ⇆ uphill |
| swaar in die skuld | ⇆ deep in debt |
| swaar van tong | ⇆ slow of speech; ⇆ thick‐tongued |
| beswaar | ⇆ objection; ⇆ burden; ⇆ clog; ⇆ demur; ⇆ difficulty; ⇆ drawback; ⇆ burdened; ⇆ encumbered; ⇆ heavy; ⇆ uneasy; ⇆ expostulation; ⇆ load; ⇆ gravamen; ⇆ grievance; ⇆ incumbrance; ⇆ kick; ⇆ oppress; ⇆ scruple; ⇆ weight; ⇆ weighted |
| loodswaar | ⇆ as heavy as lead; ⇆ leaden |
| swaargebou | ⇆ lusty; ⇆ stalwart |
| swaargewig | ⇆ heavyweight |
| swaarheid | ⇆ grossness; ⇆ heaviness; ⇆ massiness |
| swaarhoofdig | ⇆ despondent; ⇆ gloomy; ⇆ pessimistic |
| swaarklinkend | ⇆ full‐mouthed |
| swaarlywig | ⇆ abdominous; ⇆ bulky; ⇆ burly; ⇆ corpulent; ⇆ obese; ⇆ portly; ⇆ puffy; ⇆ stout; ⇆ thick‐bodied; ⇆ tubby |
| swaarmoedig | ⇆ dejected; ⇆ moody; ⇆ heavy; ⇆ melancholic; ⇆ melancholy; ⇆ mopish; ⇆ pensive; ⇆ saturnine; ⇆ sombre; ⇆ spleenful; ⇆ spleenish; ⇆ spleeny |
| swaarspaat | ⇆ barytes; ⇆ heavy spar |
| swaarte | ⇆ bigness; ⇆ gravity; ⇆ strength; ⇆ worry; ⇆ gauge; ⇆ heaviness; ⇆ ponderosity; ⇆ ponderousness; ⇆ unwieldiness; ⇆ weight |
| swaarwater | ⇆ heavy water |
| swaarweer | ⇆ thunder; ⇆ thunderstorm |
| swaarwigtig | ⇆ important; ⇆ ponderous |
| swarigheid | ⇆ difficulty; ⇆ objection |
| topswaar | ⇆ top‐heavy |
| verswaar | ⇆ aggravate; ⇆ encumber |