balla ur
Swedish
Verb
balla ur (present ballar ur, preterite ballade ur, supine ballat ur, imperative balla ur)
- (colloquial) to move away from the normal or usual, to turn crazy, to go off the rails (of a situation or the like)
- Femton mimare marscherade just genom rummet. Det börjar balla ur.
- Fifteen mimes just marched through the room. Things are starting to get a bit crazy.
- Filmen ballar ur lite mot slutet
- The movie goes off the rails a bit towards the end
- (colloquial) to go mad (turn insane or flip out)
- Han ballar ur totalt när han dricker
- He goes totally crazy when he drinks (starts acting crazy or becomes very aggressive, for example)
Conjugation
Conjugation of balla ur (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | balla ur | — | ||
| Supine | ballat ur | — | ||
| Imperative | balla ur | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | ballen ur | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | ballar ur | ballade ur | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | balla ur | ballade ur | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | balle ur | ballade ur | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | urballande | |||
| Past participle | urballad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
See also
- flippa ur (“flip out”)
- kuka ur (“to have a malfunction, to have an angry freak-out”)
- spåra ur (“go off the rails”)