/²bɔʈːa/
UrsprungFrom Old Norse brottu, burtu. By surface analysis, bort + -a.
- not-comparableaway, gone, lost (of a thing)
“långt borta” — far away
“Plånboken är borta. Jag kan inte hitta den.” — The wallet is gone. I can't find it.
- not-comparableout of it, gone, not aware of what's going on (of a person)
“Han verkade så borta” — He seemed so out of it
- away, not on one's home ground
“Nästa match är borta mot Djurgården.” — The next match is away against Djurgården.