Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From hellre (rather) +‎ än (than) +‎ bra (well), as in rather doing than being good at. Deliberately ungrammatical in Swedish as well.

Adverb edit

hellre än bra (not comparable)

  1. (humorous) with pleasure, but without much skill
    Jag sjunger hellre än bra
    I sing rather than well