Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
kalrakad
English translation:
clean-shaven (head)
Swedish term
kalrakad
Used to describe someone's appearance. It appears this means shaven head and face. Is there an elegant way of putting it, or is this individual merely "shaven" or "shaven-headed"?
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Deane Goltermann
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Diarmuid Kennan
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Feb 4, 2014 14:37: Deane Goltermann Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): Michele Fauble
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Proposed translations
Sweden
Easy reading - Good writing
Native in: English 
, Swedish
Works in: Swedish to English
clean-shaven head, or skinhead
Nice guys have clean shaven heads, bad guys are skinheads, prisoners and soldiers are 'shaved to the bone'.
Many ways to say this -- a reference for the nice-guy look (http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/person/telly-savalas/biography.ht... -- remember him? This also uses clean-scalped (no doubt for effect)
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hmm, sample sentence? 'He wore a clean-shaven head.'
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JaneD
: Agree about the good/bad connotations. I'd use "shaved head" ("he had a shaved head"), which is a more neutral way of putting it.// Thanks Deane, you're a darling! But I think it's close enough to your answer.
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Thanks, Jane! Could almost be a separate answer ;-)
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Roger Matthews
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Thanks, Roger!
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Michele Fauble
: 'had a shaved head'
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Thanks, Michele!
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Anna Herbst
: To keep it neutral, I would join Jane and Michele and say "a shaved head".
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Thanks, Anna! I'm curious as to the preference for 'shaved' -- neutral for context, or other reason?
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carleson (X)
: shaved head or clean shaved
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Thank you!
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Ireland
Reliable and accurate
Native in: English 
Works in: Danish to English, Norwegian to English, Swedish to English
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Sven Petersson
: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsur
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Anna Herbst
: In a religious context, this would be the appropriate term. Sven, please refer to English Wikipedia for English terms - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsure
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Discussion
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/clean-sha...
I am not sure if there is a regional difference in usage here.
Any other thoughts on that?