balla ur

Swedish

Verb

balla ur (present ballar ur, preterite ballade ur, supine ballat ur, imperative balla ur)

1. (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

2. (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 (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	—	—
present participle		urballande
past participle		urballad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• dampa
• flippa ur (“flip out”)
• kuka ur (“to have a malfunction, to have an angry freak-out”)
• spåra ur (“go off the rails”)